- present participle of leaven.
leavening
Example Sentences
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The film’s comedy won’t appeal to all tastes, but some will welcome the leavening effect it has on the movie’s more frightening aspects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
Attending nuns push not gurneys but shopping carts, leavening the tragic with the mundane.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
But I do depart from my standard in one major way: Swirled brownies need leavening.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2022
The friend suggested leavening the dough in his mine.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2022
Bacteria perform a wide variety of actions beneficial to humans, from decomposing organic matter to leavening bread.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
