How to Use sunny-side up in a Sentence

sunny-side up

adjective
  • Spoon the spinach mixture over the oats and top with a sunny-side up egg.
    Health.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • In the same pan used to fry the rice, heat more oil (if the pan is dry) and cook eggs sunny-side up.
    Joshua David Stein, WSJ, 25 June 2021
  • Top with a fried or sunny-side up egg and some hot sauce?
    Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Crack in eggs and fry, sunny-side up, until whites set and yolks are warmed through.
    Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Crack in eggs and fry, sunny-side up, until whites set and yolks warm through and thicken, about 3 minutes.
    Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2018
  • Two glistening sunny-side up eggs crown the top like a double-wide sun hat.
    Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Aug. 2021
  • At least once a month, José served his mother breakfast in bed, serving a sausage cut in the shape of a heart and a sunny-side up egg topped with ketchup.
    Dallas News, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Cook gently until the eggs are done sunny-side up, with runny yolks.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Gently crack eggs into pan, season with salt and pepper, and fry or cook sunny-side up so that the yolk is runny.
    cleveland, 2 June 2020
  • For an authentic ghost brunch, make scrambled eggs—sunny-side up makes Kat yak!—pancakes and orange juice, preferably strained through your see-through hand.
    Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Another is a bowl of red grits that present as grayish, crowned with a mass of soft braised lamb neck and a sunny-side up egg tarted up with an acidic gremolata.
    Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 12 July 2018
  • Atticus’ burger comes with a sunny-side up egg and bacon on an everything spice brioche bun.
    Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The Hamburglar Helper is a cheffed-up version of the one-pot dinner: shell pasta topped with grass fed beef, queso, avocado, and a sunny-side up egg.
    al, 23 Nov. 2019
  • For perfect sunny-side up eggs, cook over medium heat, covering skillet with lid to capture steam.
    The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 22 Sep. 2015
  • Most people here treat Paperboy's patio like their own front porch, lazing weekend mornings away with sunny-side up eggs, Texas hash, and strong cold brew.
    Jenna Scatena, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The intensity of Mahila’s flavor palette backfired on one dish: the mee mamak ($20), a bowl of turmeric noodles served with shrimp sauteed in duck fat, squid sambal, a charred lemon half and a sunny-side up egg.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 12 Mar. 2020
  • On my first day, a plate of the most delicious sunny-side up eggs over short rib hash was enjoyed slowly as conversations with my cabin neighbors flowed along with warm coffee.
    Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2021
  • For a really wild choice try the Waffle of Chaos, a Belgian waffle loaded with bacon, avocado, radishes, cheddar jack cheese, a sunny-side up egg and Sriracha maple syrup ($14).
    Samantha Nelson, RedEye Chicago, 31 May 2018
  • Meng Guo added playfulness to her collection with sunny-side up egg details, and Sofia Carmela placed fuchsia fabric and pearl flowers over chunky knits to evoke childlike innocence.
    Vogue, 25 May 2022
  • Like their metropolitan counterparts around the world, many young people in Asia are now spending their weekends in pursuit of a robust cup of pour-over coffee or sunny-side up eggs with thin pieces of smoked salmon arranged in the shape of a rose.
    Clarissa Wei, Bon Appétit, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The restaurant specializes in Brazilian-style Angus burgers topped with old standards (bacon, sunny-side up eggs) but also catupiry (Brazilian soft cheese) and prato (a gouda-style cow’s milk cheese).
    Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Brunch On the Square Start the morning sunny-side up.
    Sarah Miller, Midwest Living, 13 Jan. 2026
  • These eggs are ideal for scrambles, omelets, or for featuring as a fun bonus in egg preparations like sunny-side up eggs.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025

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