Example Sentences

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The final step was frying them until their yellowish color turned golden brown.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2022

Within an hour of their arrival at his restaurant, Mr. Lemoine was frying up one to savor his find.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2016

“His mom had made Pikliz a few weeks earlier, and she was frying pork.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2016

Earlier that day in the kitchen, as he was frying plantains and stirring his jollof rice, he lamented the fact that he needed to provide a menu for the $65 dinner at all.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2016

Here we were, clinging to the last shard and shred of summertime, while downstairs Tansy was frying up mush like it was September.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck