Example Sentences

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In other preparations, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was salting subway platforms, fueling snow and ice-breaking equipment and readying an array of de-icing machinery.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2014

I chatted with Binnie while Lowrie stood on a ladder and poked around in the attic, checking on the fish he was salting and drying.

From Time Magazine Archive

They loved to eat bits of the curd when Ma was salting it.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Molly was just “winding up” a liberal supply of honey, and Rosina was salting her egg, when there came a tap at the door of the salon.

From A Woman's Will by Caliga, I. H. (Isaac Henry)

Sure enough, he had started the big pot of water boiling for the oatmeal, and was salting it as she entered.

From I've Married Marjorie by Widdemer, Margaret