Example Sentences

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She was kneading three kinds of maize when we came in.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

When I visited on a weekday afternoon, Morales, an age-defying octogenarian, was kneading a mound of blackstrap molasses dough for a batch of marranitos, or pig-shaped Mexican cookies.

From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2019

"All his life he was kneading and sculpting." says Alberto's nephew Jorge, who grew up in his uncle's apartment in Moscow.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile, Mitropoulos, silhouetted against the stage lights, was kneading, soothing, irritating, roiling his orchestra, bouncing around in the climaxes like a marionette on a string.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alyce had just finished watering the beer and was kneading sawdust into the pie crust when she heard the rumble of a cart on the inn path.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman