Example Sentences

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“Two days ago we were roasting inside with the windows closed in a heat wave to avoid heavy smoke,” Ms. Luten said.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2020

And hominins were roasting nuts, tubers, and seeds about 780,000 years ago.

From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2019

A layer of tiny fish were roasting on a screen held over the flame.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2015

A group of teenagers behind us were roasting corn over a barrow.

From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2015

Too early for a campfire, and I didn’t figure they were roasting marshmallows.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan