Example Sentences

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The tofu was cooked beautifully and sopped up the sauce incredibly well, with savory and herbaceous flavor notes of soy, sesame and cilantro permeating the protein.

From Salon • May 21, 2025

But it’s their sauce — suffused with garlic, wine, and parsley — that makes me swoon, whether sipped from a spoon or sopped up with bread or crispy, golden frites if you’re very lucky.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022

Stale bread sopped up more batter, giving the pudding a forgiving crunch.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 30, 2019

The remarkable thing about Christopher Bailey’s show for Burberry is how he sopped up the city’s energy.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2012

They ate most of the meat, leaving a little for day meal, and sopped up the juices with hawkbit roots baked in the embers.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver