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chewy

[choo-ee] / ˈtʃu i /
ADJECTIVE
requiring chewing
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In a video watched 2.8 million times, a foreign reviewer described it as "kind of like chewy tofu" and "very oily".

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

“The texture is an abomination: gluey, with rubbery, chewy pockets.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The result is crusty, chewy and deeply satisfying — exactly the kind of bread that begs for a puddle of olive oil and a sprinkle of flaky salt.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

Neither chewy, gooey nor crumbly, it was a grown-up way for me to get my chocolate fix—dessert and mouth freshener in one.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

Sweet, and fruity, and spicy, and warm, and creamy, and chewy, all at the same time—that’s about as close as I can get.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

Your mileage may vary, but know that the best gingerbread cookie in Disneyland is actually inside the park at the Harbor Galley, where the cookies are smaller and rounder but also spicier and chewier.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2025

Their dollars are flowing to niche names with more cultural cachet, from fancy new protein bars to chewier candy.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 5, 2025

Mrs Cole said it took her 40 minutes to cook and was therefore tougher and chewier.

From BBC Apr. 5, 2023

The basa fillet possesses a softer flesh, while the grass carp has a denser, chewier bite.

From Seattle Times Nov. 5, 2022

Sweet Potato Biscuits are sweeter and chewier than the baking powder variety eaten elsewhere.

From The Perdue Chicken Cookbook by Mitzi Perdue

The lobster is pleasantly oceanic-tasting and then, sadly, the chewiest I’ve ever encountered, chewing and chewing like a wad of seafood-flavored bubble gum.

From Seattle Times Nov. 3, 2022

"Oh, I think this one is the chewiest," said my dad, waving around a chocolate chip.

From Salon Nov. 3, 2021

The chewiest, knottiest song here is the title track, which concludes the album, a six-minute meditation that feels designed, after a half-hour of reckoning, to be inconclusive.

From New York Times Jan. 23, 2020

Mr. Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d. city” is as much of a slog as any great album in recent memory and probably the chewiest major-label hip-hop album in more than a decade.

From New York Times Oct. 28, 2012



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