How to Use beef in a Sentence

beef

1 of 2 noun

• I'm not eating as much beef as I used to.
• My real beef is with the organization's president, not the group itself.
• That has raised the price of beef.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
• The steak tip sub and a beef stew.
  — Neal Riley, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
• Here's why beef prices are so high.
  — Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
• The one thing that's kept up is beef.
  — Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
• Alas, their beef is too big to squash.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026
• That could be beef, that could be grains.
  — CBS News, 17 May 2026
• The chili is made of Wagyu beef.
  — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
• So which cut of beef is best for a stir-fry?
  — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
• Pat beef dry, and rub all over with spice blend.
  — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
• Who’s afraid of this little old beef?
  — Zach Schiffman, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
• That’s my biggest beef with the sport.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
• Add the ground beef to your slow cooker.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
• The tariffs have just made that beef cost more.
  — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
• Where were the beef products sold?
  — Greta Cross, USA Today, 26 May 2026
• And beef stew was like my theme song this winter.
  — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
• Transfer beef to a plate, and set aside.
  — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025
• Add beef and cook until browned with the onion.
  — ABC News, 20 May 2026
• Raw beef patties were stored over cooked beans.
  — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado january 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
• Break the ground beef into chunks and add to the bowl.
  — Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2025
• Why do people think there’s beef in the first place?
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
• Add half of the beef, breaking up any clumps with tongs.
  — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
• The beef or chicken kaphrao (spicy basil) is the same.
  — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
• Add beef stock, stew beef, okra, and diced tomatoes.
  — Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
• That said, shrimp is still cheaper per pound than beef.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
• Off the heat stir in green portions of green onions and beef.
  — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026
• Transfer beef to a large bowl, and shred with two forks.
  — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
• Stir in beef broth; bring to a boil over medium-high.
  — Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
• But Fort Worth needs no premise to eat beef.
  — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025

beef

2 of 2 verb

• She's always beefing about something.
• Trump has beefed with some over tariffs.
  — ABC News, 15 June 2026
• Those things were important to me to help beef up that sound.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2022
• Czapary said the force is at a hiring low and needs to beef up.
  — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 20 June 2022
• Gina is beefing, once again, with good taste.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
• That might enable a trade of one of the kids to beef up the pitching staff.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2022
• Most cold cuts and beef hot dogs will go up around 10% and coffee around 5%.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022
• This is not the first time the pair has faux beefed in Drake’s comments section.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2023
• Mind you, this is when Perry and Swift were still beefing.
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
• Or beef up your support team so your customers can get a human being on the damn phone.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
• Efforts at beefing them up priced them out of existence.
  — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2026
• Injuries would be a concern, but this is a beefing-up-the-squad signing.
  — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 26 May 2026
• Injuries would be a concern, but this is a beefing-up-the-squad signing.
  — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
• Injuries would be a concern, but this is a beefing-up-the-squad signing.
  — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• Try it as a side dish to rice, mixed into a salad dressing to beef it up, or as a marinade.
  — Jahnavi Rapaka, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2026
• Somebody that’s just a walking movie, ’cause even the managers be over there beefing.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2025
• Grab a hotel room, beef up for the last stretch, and then sprint those last 160 miles to the border.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2022
• In recent years, many others have also beefed up drug-trafficking laws.
  — David Ovalle, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2023
• The managers be beefing with the commentators and all that.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2025
• So is the formula to have a big week to give Zaidi reason to beef up at the deadline?
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 July 2022
• Was the stealth Prince beefing more funny or regrettable?
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
• Disney didn’t pay $4 billion for Star Wars shows to beef with each other.
  — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
• Diaz would experiment with the smoker, from beer can chicken to beef ribs to brisket.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2021
• Spooky critters have beef with Taylor Momsen.
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
• The Giants have tried to beef up their wide-receiver corps in the past two offseasons.
  — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 7 Sep. 2022
• Use short strokes angled in the direction of hair growth to beef up bald spots, but stay within your natural brow line.
  — Paige Stables, Allure, 30 June 2022
• The city is also paying deputies overtime to beef up traffic enforcement.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2022
• These formidable chips have a bracing heat that can stand up to beef bulgogi or bibimbap.
  — Men's Health, 8 Aug. 2023
• Could funds be further used to beef up mental health services outside prisons–so that people need not land there in the first place?
  — Morgan Simon, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
• However, the bill does offer funds to beef up school security.
  — Sidney Fussell, The New Republic, 17 June 2022