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doughy

[doh-ee] / ˈdoʊ i /














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Keep in mind that the dumplings in this recipe are the doughy kind, made with flour, buttermilk, baking powder and baking soda.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

They have been described by resident Stan Tobin as doughy - "like someone had tried to bake bread and done a lousy job" - with an odour reminiscent of vegetable oil.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024

Like most of Crumbl’s offerings, it was plump, doughy, intensely sweet and topped with a thick clod of frosting.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

Even the doom-laden everything bagel that provides the film’s titular motif is redeemed, by the end, as a doughy symbol of wholeness, a poppy-seed circle of life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2023

The rice was judged either too greasy or too dry, the bread declared too doughy or too crispy.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini

Papo’s is part of a wave of new shops in Britain selling New York-style bagels, distinct for being bigger, doughier and more heavily seasoned than their London counterparts.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2024

Think of it as a cross between orecchiette and gnocchi, as it's slightly doughier than many other rolled pastas.

From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2022

That’s obviously not ideal for a comfortable grip, and I find myself wishing for the Pixel 3 XL’s doughier sides.

From The Verge ● Oct. 24, 2018

In the days since the retrieval, the effects of the withdrawal from the hormones are worse than the ones I had from the injections: I’m doughier than ever, exhausted, depressed.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2018

Clara had her arm around her date, who looked doughier than I recalled, his round face almost featureless, his eyebrows vanished; even the point of his green toothpick seemed blurred.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 1, 2015




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