How to Use starchy in a Sentence

starchy

adjective

• Any starchy side to soak up all the goodness!
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
• The starchy liquid that clings to them lends body to the broth.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2022
• As starchy foods heat up, their sugars and amino acids react.
  — Ben Guarino and Eli Rosenberg, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• These types are very starchy and prone to becoming mushy.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
• They should be structured but not starchy, fatty but not oily.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 16 Jan. 2025
• Fried or starchy veggies such as potatoes don’t count.
  — Aaron Steckelberg, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2026
• Aim for at least half of your plate to be non-starchy vegetables.
  — Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2025
• Sources of carbs are grains, starchy vegetables, dairy and fruit.
  — Caroline L. Young, M.s., R.d., L.d., Good Housekeeping, 27 Oct. 2022
• My kitchen did not fill with a rich, starchy smell as the beans transformed from raw to cooked.
  — New York Times, 3 Feb. 2021
• Yams are a dry, starchy root vegetable with rough skin that looks a bit like the bark of a tree.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 7 July 2023
• You're not supposed to eat starchy foods like bread, rice, potatoes, or beans.
  — refinery29.com, 3 May 2018
• To produce white flour, the bran and germ get stripped from the starchy bit, which is then ground up.
  — Ryan Kellman, NPR, 10 Sep. 2024
• That corn was true corn — starchy, white, each kernel as big as an adult incisor.
  — Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2022
• Serve with salsa to bring up the flavor and balance the starchy masa.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2023
• Carbs are found in fruit, grains, starchy vegetables, beans, legumes, dairy, and sweets.
  — Elizabeth Woolley, Verywell Health, 15 Apr. 2024
• Ten gallons of starchy cane juice will boil down into about a gallon of syrup.
  — New York Times, 8 Dec. 2020
• Will the starchy gnocchi crisp up before the kale gets a chance to turn bitter?
  — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 11 Jan. 2020
• Rye is a delightfully starchy and sweet flour with hints of green or black tea.
  — Tara Jensen, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
• Just make sure to save some of that glorious starchy water for your sauce first.
  — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 10 July 2023
• That starchy slurry on the outside of the potatoes is what crisps up in the oven.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2023
• The starchy grains are ideal for making rich, creamy rice pudding.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2021
• The starchy water will act as a binder, enabling the sauce to cling to the noodle.
  — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2020
• Next is the endosperm, the large starchy portion that provides food for the new plant.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 6 July 2017
• Without the bourgeoisie’s staid and starchy mores, there is no bohemia.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
• To avoid this, try breathable knits and free yourself from starchy poplins and stiff denim.
  — Vogue, 2 Aug. 2019
• The region grows most of Hawaii’s taro, a starchy root vegetable used to make poi.
  — Washington Post, 28 May 2018
• Corn is a starchy vegetable when fresh (like corn on the cob) and a whole grain when dried (like popcorn).
  — Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
• Yams Yams are a dry, starchy root vegetable with rough skin that looks a bit like the bark of a tree.
  — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 7 July 2023
• Orchid seeds lack the starchy endosperm that helps to feed the new sprouts of many other types of plants.
  — Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 19 Jan. 2017
• The slices also create space for the marinade sink into the starchy flesh.
  — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appétit, 14 June 2019