How to Use starch in a Sentence

starch

1 of 2 verb

• He starches the collars of his shirts.
• As the sugar in the peas turns to starch, their sweetness fades.
  — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2020
• The sugars in sweet corn turn to starch rapidly and refrigeration helps to slow this process.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 2 June 2021
• The sugar in these sweeter hybrids does not convert to starch as rapidly as the standard hybrids.
  — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 22 July 2021
• With most forms of field maize—the kind of corn that is grown for polenta and corn flour—the kernels gradually transform from sugar to starch.
  — Bee Wilson, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2022
• His search for something else to use summoned memories of the gooey liquid his mother had used to starch the collars of his father’s shirts.
  — Denise Gellene, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2017
• From the moment it is picked, the sugar in corn begins to convert to starch, decreasing its natural sweetness.
  — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2021
• Spit contains amylase, an enzyme that breaks starch into sugars.
  — Erin McKenney, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2020
• From the moment corn is picked, its sugar begins to convert to starch, decreasing its natural sweetness.
  — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2020
• Cousins of one-pot meals, sheet-pan suppers combine vegetables, protein and starch in a single piece of cookware, but offer a larger canvas to compose a range of shapes and colors.
  — Genevieve Ko New York Times, Star Tribune, 7 Apr. 2021
• Pearl barley, which has that bran layer removed, cooks faster and will release starch into your cooking liquid, which can help make dishes thick and creamy, like in this barley risotto.
  — Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021
• So to a certain extent, Apple has brilliantly taken advantage of the situation and starched their hat white.
  — Recode Staff, Recode, 26 May 2018
• Readers wrote in or telephoned with their domestic queries, which could be anything from how to remove a stain from a carpet to how to starch a shirt collar or how to butcher a chicken — anything to do with running a home.
  — Annabel Abbs, Good Housekeeping, 26 Oct. 2021
• The two are mashed together into an amalgamation of tartness and starch for a dish that’s the perfect accompaniment to fatty sausages, pork chops or other heavy cuts of meat.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 18 Nov. 2020
• Over time, the convents became famous as keepers of wondrous secret recipes for exquisite pastries generally made from sugar and egg yolks (which were leftovers from the whites used to starch their habits).
  — Rick Steves, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2021
• Legend has it that Portuguese nuns and monks, having used egg whites to starch their religious clothing, used the leftover yolks to make pastries, including these sinfully delicious custard tarts.
  — CNN, 13 Apr. 2021
• With baking soda and tapioca starch to absorb excess moisture, this paraben- and aluminum-free deodorant helps underarms stay dry.
  — Katie Berohn, Good Housekeeping, 18 July 2022
• At times, the shirts’ high collars and starched feel felt ecclesiastical, while their voluminous sleeves almost angelic.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019
• With hair combed neatly to one side, and dressed almost daily in suits that aren’t so much pressed as they are vigorously starched, Becerra is dutifully methodical when performing all the typical functions as California’s attorney general.
  — Marcos Bretón, sacbee, 11 Sep. 2017
• He starches the collars of his shirts.
• As the sugar in the peas turns to starch, their sweetness fades.
  — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2020
• The sugars in sweet corn turn to starch rapidly and refrigeration helps to slow this process.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 2 June 2021
• The sugar in these sweeter hybrids does not convert to starch as rapidly as the standard hybrids.
  — Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 22 July 2021
• With most forms of field maize—the kind of corn that is grown for polenta and corn flour—the kernels gradually transform from sugar to starch.
  — Bee Wilson, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2022
• His search for something else to use summoned memories of the gooey liquid his mother had used to starch the collars of his father’s shirts.
  — Denise Gellene, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2017
• From the moment it is picked, the sugar in corn begins to convert to starch, decreasing its natural sweetness.
  — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2021
• Spit contains amylase, an enzyme that breaks starch into sugars.
  — Erin McKenney, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2020
• From the moment corn is picked, its sugar begins to convert to starch, decreasing its natural sweetness.
  — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2020
• Cousins of one-pot meals, sheet-pan suppers combine vegetables, protein and starch in a single piece of cookware, but offer a larger canvas to compose a range of shapes and colors.
  — Genevieve Ko New York Times, Star Tribune, 7 Apr. 2021
• Pearl barley, which has that bran layer removed, cooks faster and will release starch into your cooking liquid, which can help make dishes thick and creamy, like in this barley risotto.
  — Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021

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starch

2 of 2 noun

• The starch on the pasta is what helps the sauce cling to it.
  — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• The starch helps the oil cling to the pasta and gives the dish a perfect — not greasy — texture.
  — America's Test Kitchen, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2023
• Step 3 To a large wide bowl, add the thick sweet potato starch.
  — Clarissa Wei, Saveur, 30 Nov. 2023
• Simply pick a cut of steak, a salad dressing and a starch, and say yes to the onion rings.
  — Brett Anderson, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• Mash the beans: Use a potato masher to mash some of the beans, which releases the starch.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2023
• This recipe calls for potato starch, not the same thing as potato flour.
  — Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
• Potatoes are rich in starch and will absorb some of the extra salt.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2022
• With the back of a spoon or a potato masher, mash about 1/4 of the beans, just enough to release some starch to make a thick broth.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022
• How To Cook Rinse the dry rice two or three times in a fine mesh sieve to remove excess starch, if desired.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
• That will release the starch in the rice and create a gooier consistency.
  — Cindy Dampier, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• To win over the new group of buyers the N brand is seeking, the Kona N should have a smidge less starch in its suspension.
  — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 2 July 2022
• The plastic-gobbling sponges are made mostly from starch and gelatin.
  — Chris Baraniuk, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2023
• The starch will give the pork a craggy, super-crunchy shell—no egg wash or breadcrumbs needed.
  — Cathy Erway, Men's Health, 6 Sep. 2023
• The recyclable and repairable brush heads are made of corn starch and castor oil.
  — Leslie Hsu Oh, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
• Arborio, or short grain rice has a high level of starch on the surface.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
• Then, the leather is dried in a pasting unit, with starch paste sticking to glass frames that allow the leather to run through a hot-air drier.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 10 Nov. 2022
• Cutting out too many carbs can put a damper on your mood and make your body crave starch and sugar, which can lead to binges.
  — Women's Health, 25 May 2023
• For fluffy, light mashed potatoes, place the raw, cut potatoes in a pot of cold water to rinse off excess starch.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
• All of the food noted above is somewhat high in resistant starch.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 Aug. 2022
• Spread out 1 cup of coarse sweet potato starch (Asian markets, Amazon) on a large plate, and dredge both sides of each chop.
  — Cathy Erway, Men's Health, 6 Sep. 2023
• Corn starch works both as a thickener for the sauce and also helps it to clink to the vegetables better.
  — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 27 Feb. 2023
• The potato collapses a bit, making a sort of starch so the cabbage is lovely and soft.
  — Charlotte Druckman / Photographs By Andrea Wyner For The Wall Street Journal , WSJ, 23 Mar. 2023
• Using the Wrong Potato For creamy, fluffy mashed potatoes, use a potato high in starch.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2023
• Cooking 4-8 days Cooking breaks the starches in the piñas down to simple sugars.
  — Tucker Harris, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
• This plant uses starch granules to track the sun’s position.
  — Barbara J. King, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
• Once potato plants turn yellow, the above-ground sugars have turned to starch and are in the below-ground tubers.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2023
• Serve with crusty bread or another starch, such as pasta or mashed potatoes, to soak up all the juices.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
• Mattix watched Rising remove some of the starch from his defense.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022
• The coarseness of the food and high intake of starch combined with the lack of dental care partially explain the tooth decay.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2023
• The waffled texture of the fabric held starch better, and could be made to look stiffer, as custom dictated at the time.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 7 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024