doughier; doughiest
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Examples of doughy in a Sentence
High humidity can make your loaves turn out doughy.
she worried that her husband was very ill when she saw his doughy complexion
Recent Examples on the Web
Papo’s is part of a wave of new shops in Britain selling New York-style bagels, distinct for being bigger, doughier and more heavily seasoned than their London counterparts.
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Jenny Gross, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
If the dumplings are still doughy, cover and continue cooking until finished.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
In the shadow of those juggernauts, however, laid a cache of smaller indie games with their own special soundtracks: the doughy funk-house of the Pizza Tower score, the nostalgic Tamil pop songs of Venba, the restorative beauty of Terra Nil’s ambient music.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 18 Dec. 2023
Figure-eight-shaped Philly soft pretzels, dense and doughy and served straight from the oven in take-home paper bags.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2020
The thick and doughy crust was one of our faves, but the sauce and cheese are understated.
—cleveland, 10 Mar. 2020
In countries like Ghana, a doughy mush of cassava (or plantains or yams) called fufu goes with most meals.
—Popular Science, 20 Apr. 2020
And, for the Aldi pizza, the comments were all about the crust, which everyone thought was too doughy.
—Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2020
At the same time, however, the menu includes a Sicilian slice — a thick, doughy chunk of pizza saturated with tomatoes and olive oil that’s a dead ringer for old-school East Coast Italian deli pizza.
—Dominic Armato, azcentral, 27 Jan. 2020
Jenny Gross, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
If the dumplings are still doughy, cover and continue cooking until finished.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
In the shadow of those juggernauts, however, laid a cache of smaller indie games with their own special soundtracks: the doughy funk-house of the Pizza Tower score, the nostalgic Tamil pop songs of Venba, the restorative beauty of Terra Nil’s ambient music.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 18 Dec. 2023
Figure-eight-shaped Philly soft pretzels, dense and doughy and served straight from the oven in take-home paper bags.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2020
The thick and doughy crust was one of our faves, but the sauce and cheese are understated.
—cleveland, 10 Mar. 2020
In countries like Ghana, a doughy mush of cassava (or plantains or yams) called fufu goes with most meals.
—Popular Science, 20 Apr. 2020
And, for the Aldi pizza, the comments were all about the crust, which everyone thought was too doughy.
—Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2020
At the same time, however, the menu includes a Sicilian slice — a thick, doughy chunk of pizza saturated with tomatoes and olive oil that’s a dead ringer for old-school East Coast Italian deli pizza.
—Dominic Armato, azcentral, 27 Jan. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1693, in the meaning defined above
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