crisp
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By the time Houston rap legend Scarface — who’s known for his use of heavy bass — hit the stage I realized just how crisp the sound quality was.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
She says shorts are "the trickiest item to get right in a professional environment" and recommends tailored, longer shorts paired with a crisp shirt or lightweight blazer for both men and women.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Then I added the rigatoni and enough pasta water to turn the vegetables velvety, finishing each bowl with the crisp crumbs, little pillows of chèvre and torn basil.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
The all-terrain tires undo some of this good work; the taller sidewalls mean more deflection in sharp cornering, a less crisp steering response, and a bit more tire noise at highway speeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
By the time he was finished, a small woman wearing a crisp military uniform had exited the back of the SUV.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
The Dodgers went up against an even crisper version of Sale than usual.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Sucking out excess humidity makes the air feel crisper and cooler without toggling the thermostat.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
She’s wearing oversize sunglasses, a crisp collared shirt, an even crisper pleated navy skirt and leopard-print pumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
The good news is that there will be lulls between the successive weather systems, with sparkling sunshine and crisper conditions.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
She speaks quiet, perfectly enunciated French; her accent is crisper than Frau Elena’s.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Sitting by the Rhine one evening with friends, I sipped a glass of white purchased from a food truck that was one of the lightest, crispest wines I've ever consumed.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2023
The crispest quote of the modern political era was written in 2018 by a man named Frank Wilhoit.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2022
Find a star and bring it in and out of focus until it is the smallest, crispest dot of light that you can make it.
From The Verge ● Jan. 26, 2022
“I knew he was a hero,” he said in one of his crispest setups.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2020
I found the crispest dollar bill and folded it into my letter.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
The meat browns, the tortilla crisps, and when you flip it, everything holds together like it was always meant to.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
The marauding monkeys brazenly snatch ice cream, cakes and crisps from unwitting tourists in addition to gobbling abandoned leftovers from bins or food directly offered to them.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
The firm says new-style packets for 14 of its products, including crisps and prawn crackers, will start to appear in shops in Japan from 25 May.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
All the kids would play out in the street every day, you could walk into any neighbor’s house and they would feed you or you could get a packet of crisps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
"It's all so long ago," she added, stuffing more crisps into her mouth.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
Layering protein creates contrast in texture and flavor: crisped edges against softness, smoke against sweetness, spice against dairy.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026
Each berry came out as a single large, flat flake that crisped when baked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
Leftover pizza gets cut up, crisped on the stove and mixed into scrambled eggs—a remnant from Duggal’s college days that she has christened “pizza eggs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
That day, I was in a brown butter mood, so I cooked the mushrooms until they were deeply crisped and golden, their flavor intensified by the nutty richness of browned butter.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2024
We lie quietly, staring at the crisped wooden beams of the loft, serenaded by the flap and flutter of the pigeons in their cages.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Once the cooking area is cleared, Brown pours olive oil into a pan and shows Prado her trick for crisping tortillas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
The cake's surface will look different if it is soaked in syrup, making it moist and sticky, or if it is put in the oven, crisping and darkening the surface.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 7, 2023
They get smash-grilled, crisping the exterior with Maillard-reaction goodness; at assembly, an extra slab of house-cured pork belly adds more smoke, salt and fat.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
Convection cooking is ideal for foods that do better in a dry climate and where you want to encourage browning and crisping.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2022
It fed upon Picassos and Matisses in the upper halls, like delicacies, baking off the oily flesh, tenderly crisping the canvases into black shavings.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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