cook
Example Sentences
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They have become accustomed to rising from bed whenever the electricity blinks on, no matter the hour, to cook and do laundry.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
New Delhi has prioritised supply for households, shielding Indians who use it to cook food.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
Deighton’s illustrated “cookstrips” in London newspapers encouraged British men to cook and were collected into cookbooks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
At her home in a Havana suburb, Indira Martínez, who is seven months pregnant, has not been able to cook breakfast – or even make a cup of warm milky coffee – for days.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
She didn’t cook any meals or eat the ones he put together.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.