crusty
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A simple pot of soup suddenly feels restaurant-worthy when surrounded by slices of crusty sourdough, a bowl of whipped butter and a plate of savory muffins.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 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
To make it a party, serve some good crusty bread and salt-flecked butter on the side, along with a bottle of crisp Californian or Italian white wine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
French bakeries sold crusty baguettes and flaky croissants with government backing Friday, defying labour unions arguing that May 1 should remain a sacred day of compulsory rest.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
But the shell is inside me now and it’s grown hard and crusty.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
For springier, crustier bread, bake your dough in a Dutch oven like J. Kenji López-Alt.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2022
The result is something vaguely like a seasoned fry, but a bit crustier and cakier, with a taste of dried onion and black pepper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2019
“Plays the game the right way” is to baseball attributes as pitchers’ wins are to statistics — quaint, irrelevant and increasingly obsolete, except among a certain subset of generally older and crustier baseball people.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2018
At one public meeting, a white-haired man – one of the crustier opposing voices – tripped and fell, and Khalil rushed across the room, thinking he might need medical assistance.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2018
Aye, lad, I've got a tough load to carry just now—thee mustna take it ill if I'm a bit silenter and crustier nor usual.
From Adam Bede by George Eliot
But what makes or breaks Uber is the same as the crustiest old taxi cartel: the drivers making the trips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
It should be clear now too, to even the crustiest of old dinosaurs, that it’s not about lecturing women to toughen up, and learn to brush off wandering paws more lightly.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 31, 2017
If Seattle Symphony maestro Ludovic Morlot and his band really hit it out of the ballpark, even the crustiest crowd may get carried away clapping, too.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2016
That one and two others, “Broadcast News,” a triangle set in the news business, and “As Good as It Gets,” in which Jack Nicholson played the crustiest of curmudgeons, were best picture nominees.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2010
At Christmas sometimes the children sing carols, not with much success so far as melody goes, but otherwise successfully enough; for recollections of the past soften the hearts of the crustiest.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies
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