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
“Oh, oh, oh! What have you done? I’m spoiled! I can’t go! My hair, oh, my hair!” wailed Meg, looking with despair at the uneven frizzle on her forehead.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Don’t ignore the wisps of cilantro nor the frizzled tangles of scallion.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024
"Fond" is the crisped, browned bits lightly stuck to the bottom of a pan after cooking something, whether that be a chicken breast, a steak or some frizzled leeks.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2024
His laid flat and curled down his forehead while mine grew into an afro and frizzled when I tried to pull the front down.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2018
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
But at least the planets will never be melted and frizzled by an erupting supernova.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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
The ant-hill kitchen-range, again called into requisition, had sent up its appetising odour, with buffalo steaks frizzling in the pans, and tongues, the tit-bits, simmering in the pots.
From The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa by Mayne Reid
The Canadian, half reclining upon the grass, was watching with especial interest a large piece of mutton, which, supported upon a spit of iron-wood, was frizzling and sputtering in the blaze of the fire.
From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Mayne Reid
Now the ice was really broken, and when the apple fritters arrived, frizzling crisply in their juice, Hertha thought the atmosphere was favourable for her great question.
From The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann
It must be indeed rare that "frizzling," or contraction of the upper surface of the varnish, is to be seen to any appreciable extent.
From Antonio Stradivari by Horace William Petherick
