How to Use stew in a Sentence

stew

1 of 2 noun

• The steak tip sub and a beef stew.
  — Neal Riley, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
• Soups, stews, and yes, casseroles all love it.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
• No one will guess how easy this hearty stew is to whip up.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
• Or there’s the adobo pork, which is this tangy, spicy pork stew.
  — AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
• Roast, mash, bake, air fry, or cube up for soups and stews.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
• Making a stew doesn’t change any of this.
  — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
• And beef stew was like my theme song this winter.
  — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
• Grilled lamb kebabs and herb stews can shine.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
• This one-dish stovetop stew stars creamy white beans.
  — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 9 Jan. 2026
• Add beans and legumes to soups, salads, and stews.
  — Merve Ceylan, Health, 25 June 2026
• If the stew is too thick, add warm water to thin it.
  — Judy Bart Kancigor, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
• So all of it sort of went into a big pot and a stew.
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
• The end result is a smoky stew that packs a lot of heat.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
• Add beef stock, stew beef, okra, and diced tomatoes.
  — Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
• One of my favorites has long been a seafood stew with white beans.
  — Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
• Remove half of the onions from the pot and set aside to top your stew.
  — Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• For his part, Benedict stews in thought.
  — Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
• Frozen onions are ideal for soup, stews, stir-fries, and casseroles.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
• But Matthiessen didn’t stew over his failures.
  — Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
• It may be served raw, lightly blanched, or cooked briefly in soups and stews.
  — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Mar. 2026
• Save and freeze the leftover stock for soups, stews, sore throats, and more.
  — Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
• If the stew begins to stick, reduce the heat to low.
  — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
• Hearty stews and casseroles are also on the lineup.
  — Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
• Sabar was also noted for the spicy lentil stew.
  — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Dec. 2025
• The stew tastes even better the second day.
  — Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
• While the meat is roasting, prepare the stew.
  — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 16 Dec. 2025
• This new take on beef stew utilizes ground beef instead of stew meat.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2024
• The rest of her day is filled with healthy picks like salad, bone broth, and lamb stew.
  — Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 20 Apr. 2023
• Blanquettes, white stews enriched with cream or egg yolks.
  — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025
• Add the vegetables to the stew.
  — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026

stew

2 of 2 verb

• The meat still needs to stew.
• She's been stewing over what he said for days.
• The Pistons watched tape and stewed for two days.
  — David Aldridge, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
• Better to speak your mind and get his side, than to stew alone about it.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
• There’s no reason to stew over this for 12 years.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
• This idea’s been stewing in my brain ever since.
  — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 9 June 2026
• Something about her kept stewing in my head.
  — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 1 June 2026
• It’s been more than a week and people are still stewing about it.
  — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2025
• The two meats were stewed, roasted, grilled and breaded.
  — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• Fruit flavors taste stewed instead of fresh.
  — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
• Grill it, stew it, bake it in breadcrumbs or roll it into a roulade.
  — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2021
• Pull pork out and shred or cut into small pieces, then return meat to stew.
  — Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2021
• The same applies to leeks poached in white wine or green beans stewed with bacon.
  — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 24 Apr. 2026
• Wild boar stewed in red wine with rich polenta in winter.
  — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
• They're stewed into a flavorful dish and served over rice.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
• Roasting, stewing, baking—those are all great ways to make okra.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
• Pop and rock fans swooned, but blues aficionados stewed over the band and its success.
  — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2025
• His older brothers spent their days stewing over what happened at the plant.
  — Hannah Dreier Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• The veggies stew away to perfection in the oven alongside the juicy sausages.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2022
• Entire cherry orchards were destroyed, the fruit stewed on the trees.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 24 Aug. 2023
• The tomatoes for the shakshouka have been stewing for hours.
  — Liam Scott, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2026
• She was left in her Middletown home stewing in grief, angry at the world.
  — Jason Mast Reprints, STAT, 30 June 2023
• Add the stewing beef and cook until the meat is no longer pink, stirring frequently.
  — Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 11 Dec. 2025
• Make a satisfying cook’s choice stewed fruit bowl to break up the monotony using dried, canned and even frozen fruits.
  — Mary Ann Esposito, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
• The high court knows how highly charged their decision will be and the justices deserve to stew over this one.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2024
• Lentils stewed with bell peppers, for example, is a good dish to help relieve fatigue.
  — Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025
• The menu is simple and lobster-forward — boiled, stewed, or in a roll — but try a briny bowl of steamers to start.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• Forever They are often stewed foods, sometimes steamed or boiled.
  — Hazlitt, 14 Feb. 2024
• There's always somebody there to lean on, talk to, hang on, and stew with just like their your own family or friends back home.
  — Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer, 23 Nov. 2021
• There is nothing this pot can’t do—braising, baking, stewing, frying.
  — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025