How to Use tray in a Sentence

tray

noun

• She carried the tray of food to our table.
• Now, place the oyster with the cupped side down in the tray.
  — Valerie Li Stack, USA TODAY, 2 July 2021
• Turn off the heat and move the bread to a broiler-safe tray.
  — Smitha Menon, Bon Appétit, 11 Mar. 2023
• Place corned beef on a tray and slice across the grain.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
• Then came the tray, the sweet clamor of cups and saucers.
  — Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
• That’s what inspired me to snag the fruit tray from the kitchen.
  — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 16 June 2021
• Users fill the tray with the gel and wear it for a couple hours.
  — Hanna Horvath, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2021
• The falcons nest in a tray on a ledge of the building’s 23rd floor.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2021
• Heat the lamb stock with the cinnamon sticks and fill the tray a third of the way up.
  — Rebekah Evans, theweek, 17 Oct. 2024
• And this guy would come with this big tin tray and fan me.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2022
• The hors d’oeuvres were served, on theme with the show, on food trays meant to mimic prison.
  — Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 15 July 2023
• Then, simply hook the bag into the top of the seat back tray.
  — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2024
• Pour some of the paint into a tray sized for this type of roller.
  — Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022
• Empty any oil from the drip tray – but don't flush it down the sink.
  — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 18 Jan. 2023
• The host pours a cup of black tea and presents it on a tray with a side of sugar cubes.
  — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2023
• Servers will bring steaks out on a tray at Miller & Lux, too.
  — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Sep. 2021
• In an instant, a dozen dumplings are in the tray, then two dozen, three, and four.
  — Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 3 June 2021
• Slice rolls: Remove the tray of sausage rolls from the freezer.
  — Laura Kanya, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2023
• Our parents placed a tray of cookies and milk next to the tree.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
• Stick the tray in a fridge and allow it to proof for anywhere from 24 to 48 hours.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 1 June 2021
• The smoking process: For gas grills, set the wet chips in the tray on top of the grate of a burner set to low.
  — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Apr. 2021
• Each of the menu items is placed on a festive silver and red tray.
  — The Courier-Journal, 7 Feb. 2023
• Put water in a tray filled with pebbles, then set the plant on the rocks.
  — Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021
• Just light the end with a match, drop it in the fuel tray, and line up a few oak sticks on top.
  — Adrienne So, Wired News, 21 July 2025
• And the base station is easy to take apart for tray cleaning.
  — New Atlas, 10 May 2025
• Then the phone rang as Fuschillo pulled a tray of fresh sourdough loaves from the oven.
  — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2021
• When the oven is hot, Chase adds a tray of water to create steam for the bread loaves to come.
  — Courtney McGee, baltimoresun.com, 12 Jan. 2022
• No two items are the same; each one, like this tray, is crafted by hand.
  — Shelby Comroe, Marie Claire, 7 Dec. 2020
• Most broiling pans are dishwasher-safe, and a matching drip tray helps keep the oven residue-free.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2025
• Lastly, the drip tray can get surprisingly messy and be challenging to clean.
  — Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025