Example Sentences

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While many of us were baking banana bread, Pete took up the "impossible" challenge.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2023

A wooden pizza peel will help you to easily transfer the dough on and off the grill, just as you would use if you were baking the pizza in an oven.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2021

People were baking sourdough and running low on toilet paper.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2021

At Merion, they narrowed the fairways and made the rough super thick; at Shinnecock, they put the pins in tough spots as the greens were baking out.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2020

While his buddies were baking out there, Milton was sitting under a ceiling fan, working out a mathematical proof.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides