How to Use boil down in a Sentence

boil down

verb

• Southern chefs boil down the guts and pick the bones clean.
  — Allison Glock, National Geographic, 4 June 2020
• It can be boiled down to the mantra that the ends justify the means.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2018
• The head was for my grandma to boil down and use for tamales.
  — Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2020
• The head was for my grandma to boil down and use for tamales.
  — Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2020
• The head was for my grandma to boil down and use for tamales.
  — Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2020
• The margin of error seems to boil down to the shape of the face mask itself.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 28 July 2020
• The complaints from people in the UK boiled down to two main points.
  — Callum Booth, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
• Perhaps the silence on the Trump emails boils down to lessons learned.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• This film, for Mann, boils down to the power of chasing a high.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
• Then they were asked to boil down the story down to a slogan.
  — Carla Power, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Many of these fights seem to boil down to a question of how much to trust the reader.
  — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2023
• The broth is the star of the show here, made from boiling down beef and chicken bones for a full 24 hours.
  — Caitlin Morton, AFAR Media, 27 Jan. 2025
• In large part, the problem boils down to time and money, said Schor.
  — Jocelyn Wiener, sacbee, 15 Jan. 2018
• The scope of those upgrades may boil down to Danny Green.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
• So, the debate seems to boil down to this: is a half a loaf better than none?
  — Barbara Peterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2018
• As a result, the race may boil down to style more than substance.
  — Time, 31 May 2018
• The last week of the campaign now boils down to one, burning issue.
  — Phil Hay, New York Times, 19 May 2025
• The case for investing in the emerging world can be boiled down to a word: growth.
  — Tim Gray, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• Buchholz says some of Snoopy’s appeal boils down to the way Schulz drew him.
  — Victoria Edel, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
• That average boils down to a cost of about $284 per guest.
  — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 Apr. 2025
• The reason why brown sugar clumps up boils down to how it’s made.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2024
• But the rewards are great and boil down to camaraderie and fun.
  — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2018
• The outcome might simply boil down to whether Texas can find a way to stop Jaden Ivey.
  — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2022
• The rest of Io9's fun really boils down to tweaks and polish.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 19 Apr. 2018
• This boils down to how the AI law opts to define AI.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
• This could boil down to Sam Darnold versus Matthew Stafford.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
• Like a lot of messy divorces, this started with a wandering eye, a lover scorned and boils down to the money.
  — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
• What all this boils down to is that even a laser weapon that's already shooting down hostile drones is streets away from one that's officially part of the armory.
  — New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2026
• Of course, the value of their testimony will boil down to whether jurors find the women credible.
  — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
• The most critical portion of the wind to look at is the first third of the bullet’s flight, which boils down to the wind at the shooter’s position.
  — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 15 Jan. 2026