Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A well-cured strip bait will endure hours of trolling.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now the latest earnings reports are as golden as well-cured burley.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Odysseus came, the good servant sat shaping to his feet oxhide for sandals, cutting the well-cured leather.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

She went home changed no less morally than physically, and resumed her place in the family circle and in social life, a healthy and well-cured woman.

From Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria by Mitchell, John K.

Remember that a couple of well-cured hams, kept in reserve for a case of need, will always prove a ready means to realize some twenty-five shillings towards paying the rent, etc.

From A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes by Francatelli, Charles Elmé