frizzle
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I absolutely loved my cocktail: a Hemingway daiquiri augmented with the should-be-better-known citrusy pop Squirt, which cleverly came served in an open-topped Squirt can with a big frizzle of fresh mint for garnish.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
In the accompanying recipe, scallions threaded onto skewers alternately with plump scallops bring an extra element of taste, texture and beauty to the plate as the vegetable softens and its ends frizzle attractively once grilled.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2017
On his right is a plate of that same salami, crisped to a sooty black frizzle.
From Salon ● May 7, 2017
Affleck, sporting just a frizzle of gray at sideburn level, brings some satisfying gravity to his performance.
From Time ● Mar. 22, 2016
“It’s not the fashion, but it’s becoming, and I can’t afford to make a fright of myself,” she used to say, when advised to frizzle, puff, or braid, as the latest style commanded.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
The result was a much thicker crust, almost chewy beneath the frizzled panko layer.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2022
It’s prettily presented, sitting upright with a crown of frizzled leeks, and disappears in one bite, leaving one wanting at least seven more.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
For a savory alternative, consider serving them with stewed white beans and shaved Parmesan, or a fried egg and frizzled herbs.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2022
Extreme drought brought on by the 8.2-kiloyear event would have frizzled feed crops and grazing lands, and cooler winters would have increased animals’ food requirements.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 13, 2018
Her hair, once an even curve from part to shoulder, was now unkempt and frizzled at the roots and tips, smooth only in the middle.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
And the climax, in classic Savall style, was a playful, gently swaying improvisation on a Renaissance “canario” dance melody, building into flurries of notes frizzling off Mr. Savall’s tiny treble viol.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2017
Merry laughing children flock round, and kindly-eyed matrons knitting, and Hurricane Bob lies down to watch lest any one shall open the oven door and run away with the frizzling duck.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables
The evicted snipers eventually returned with their caps full of plovers' eggs, to find a fire of bleached twigs blazing and sausages frizzling in the frying-pan.
From The Long Trick by Bartimeus
A tongue of flame lit the gable from below and licked the horse-hair up into a curling, frizzling thread; and Siclone stood alone in the upper casement.
From The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman
There was a frizzling in the topsy-turvy little kitchen.
From A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds
