shish kebab

noun

shish ke·bab ˈshish-kə-ˌbäb

: kebab cooked on skewers

Examples of shish kebab in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Pair with shish kebab that includes cherry tomatoes, or a pear and strawberry flan. —

Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022 Kraven jumps out of a tree to kill a man with a giant bear trap, runs horizontally along walls with super-speed, murders a prison guard with the pointy tooth of a taxidermy leopard, and then hurls a spear to shish kebab a bad guy in a helicopter. —

Chris Lee, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2023 Consider pairing with shish kebab. —

Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022 Pair with shish kebab or a vegetarian cous cous. —

Tom Mullen, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023 Her father, an Albanian, taught her mother, a Boston-area woman who loved to make meals from scratch, how to prepare such Balkan and Albanian favorites as baklava and shish kebab. —

Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2023 The young women, for example, said that one of their drivers sped along at around 100 miles an hour, at one point eating shish kebab while on a video call with his wife. —

Alina Lobzina, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023 Come pick up fresh hummus, za’atar-spiced chicken shish kebab, and tabouli. —

Marissa Wolkenberg, Bon Appétit, 26 Sep. 2022 Its menu includes items favorites such as shawarma sandwiches, shish kebab, and shish tawook. —

Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2023 See More

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