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Examples of stew in a Sentence
María Quiles, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2024
From sprinkling them over natural yogurts or fruit bowls (such as açai), or even adding them as a garnish in salads, purées, or stews.
—María Quiles, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2024
But the potential for psychological manipulation and financial ruin is always simmering in the direct-sales stew.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
Fossil-fuel burning trucks spew alarming amounts of greenhouse gases, dangerous nitrogen oxides, lung-clogging particulate matter and a toxic stew of other pollutants.
—Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Enjoy live music, dancing, a children's festival, sessions with a genealogy expert, discussions of Irish history, Irish food specials like Guinness stew, corned beef sandwiches, scones, soda bread and desserts.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2024
After identifying patterns in this stew of images, sensory data and text, the technology gives a robot the power to handle unexpected situations in the physical world.
—Cade Metz Balazs Gardi, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Prunes can be enjoyed as a snack or in trail mix, added to cereal or oatmeal, used in baked goods as a butter substitute, and in stews or sauces.
—Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
Root vegetables have a long shelf life, and were a filling addition to the stew.
—Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2024
Gina Ragusa, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024
When the second round of the 2023 playoffs began, the Avs were at home, stewing that their repeat bid had ended so soon.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2024
In the valet’s account, laid out in a transcript obtained by The New York Times, an agitated Mr. Trump pressured Mr. Pence to overturn the election and stewed about Mr. Pence’s refusal for hours after violence engulfed Congress.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Cooking techniques also differ, with steaming, boiling, baking, grilling and stewing all being used more regularly in the Atlantic diet than in the Mediterranean, which favors frying.
—Christian Mysliwiec, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
After three months of stewing, former View cohost Meghan McCain's intense, burning disdain for Bradley Cooper's Maestro and Hollywood elites has reached a new peak following the 2024 Oscars.
—EW.com, 12 Mar. 2024
Boiling, stewing, roasting and grilling are common preparation methods.
—Christian Mysliwiec, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
Get The Recipe 03 Soup Beans This Appalachian dish of stewed pinto beans relies on a ham bone for richness.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
Now the Wild have 10 days to stew over what might have been, and likely to lose more ground as some of their rivals wait for a bye week after the All-Star Game break.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024
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Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English stewe heated room for a steam bath, from Anglo-French estuve, from Vulgar Latin *extufa — more at stove
Noun (2)
short for stewardess
Noun (1)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Noun (2)
1970, in the meaning defined above
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“Stew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stew. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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