Example Sentences

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Two large women were frying eggs on a stove while a few grizzled men sat watching from under an awning.

From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2015

People were frying food on the backs of certain merry-go-round horses.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 24, 2011

The sky sizzled as though tons of bacon were frying in an apocalyptic pan.

From Time Magazine Archive

While objectors to Mr. Marshall and the press were frying him on all sides, last week someone flipped him from the frying pan into the fire.

From Time Magazine Archive

The smell of cabbage was stronger in the hall and pork chops were frying.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers