grilled; grilling; grills
1
: to broil on a grill
also
: to fry or toast on a griddle
2
a
: to torment as if by broiling
b
: to question intensely
the police grilled the suspect
griller
noun
1
: a cooking utensil of parallel bars on which food is exposed to heat (as from charcoal or electricity)
2
: food that is broiled usually on a grill compare mixed grill
3
: a usually informal restaurant or dining room
Examples of grill in a Sentence
Verb
We're planning to grill some chicken and burgers at the cookout.
Her parents grilled her when she came home late.
Noun
She put the hamburgers on the grill.
headed down to the local bar and grill for a beer and a burger
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Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Everyone stood around the grill instead of at the table and essentially ate right off the grill, taking pieces of lavash and loading it up with meats and veggies that had been skewered and grilled on the open fire.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Dec. 2025
Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
Applebee's bar and grill choices and IHOP's pancakes and breakfast options.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 10 Dec. 2025
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Verb
On Thursday, Swalwell was absent as other members of his party hyped themselves online for grilling Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a contentious hearing about ICE officers’ aggressive enforcement tactics.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Everyone stood around the grill instead of at the table and essentially ate right off the grill, taking pieces of lavash and loading it up with meats and veggies that had been skewered and grilled on the open fire.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Dec. 2025
Noun
The clink of cutlery and the hiss of the grill, the clouds of steam rising off plates, the heady chaos that comes with a place of public convening, a destination as much as a place of transience.
—Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025
Applebee's bar and grill choices and IHOP's pancakes and breakfast options.
—Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Grill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grill. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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grill
1 of 2 verb1
: to broil on a grill
2
a
: to torment as if by broiling
b
: to question with repeated questions
grill
2 of 2 noun1
: a grate on which food is broiled
2
: broiled food
3
: a restaurant that serves broiled foods
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