toasting

present participle of toast

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of toasting At the end of last April, fellow pop star Christina Aguilera shared images on her Instagram account from her visit to Xochimilco, where she was seen enjoying time with friends and toasting with beer. Natalia Cano, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025 Alcohol, while great for toasting sunsets, moonlights as a chaos agent, dehydrating you faster than a desert wind, and inviting questionable decisions like buying timeshares and getting tattoos. Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025 Cheng compared the process to over-toasting bread, which turns into carbon black. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025 Freeman and Maher had recently hosted Miles Odell of Odell’s Bagel as a guest chef at Somebody People and were impressed by his technique of toasting sesame seeds and grinding them with a Japanese mortar and pestle, unleashing their fragrance. Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025 And, with a partnership worth toasting, Moët & Chandon will be pouring its signature Watermelon Slice cocktail in a collectable cup at the IHG Racquet Bar and select New York hotels. Erica Wertheim Zohar, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toasting
heating
Verb
  • Diesel, meanwhile, will see a price hike in the fall and winter, as demand for heating oil spikes in the colder months.
    Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This is simply heating milk to kill off bacteria.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Toasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toasting. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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