grilling

Example Sentences

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The summer grilling season, smaller cattle herds, droughts, wildfires, processing-plant closures and other supply disruptions have helped push meat prices to record highs this year.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

After grilling Woodward about his sources and coyly asking him about Deep Throat’s identity, Traylor’s Graham asked him if the truth about Watergate would ever be revealed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

After Heuermann was jailed, his wife and two children stayed in the house, even grilling on the front porch despite gawkers on the front lawn.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Senator Rand Paul, who heads the Senate Homeland Security Committee, opened the session by grilling Mullin about past comments the senator from Oklahoma made about Paul, a senator from Kentucky.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

A few days earlier, Bunny had been grilling me about where I’d gone to prep school.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt