leavening
Example Sentences
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The natural leavening gives them a lighter, crispier crust and an airy, mildly tangy crumb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
They are also what make it rise in the absence of other leavening agents.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2024
You would think all the leavening would make it light, but the weight of the other ingredients created 4-pound pancakes, which were so thick that the inside could only cook if the outside was burnt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
The friend suggested leavening the dough in his mine.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2022
He recorded the moment in his journal, leavening his relief with the one overriding concern that had lent urgency to the work of all the atomic scientists of those years.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
