knead
Example Sentences
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Though its smell is hardly appetizing, the cloth is surrounded by a group of women, each with her hands on the folds to knead, slap, punch and beat the cloth into shape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Workers don't like to wake up early to knead dough by hand, Mr Hur says softly.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025
The machine itself rolled lozenge dough and pressed them into perfect discs, thus eliminating the use of mortar and pestle to manually knead, roll and cut out the dough.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2024
Nouman said his first job is to start a small fire to cook breakfast, while his wife and daughters knead dough for flatbread and then wash their utensils and metal cooking griddle.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024
Ch’iyaan ’adaal’ygi bohoo dilaaL Do you remember how to knead dough for frybread?”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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