leavening

Example Sentences

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The film’s comedy won’t appeal to all tastes, but some will welcome the leavening effect it has on the movie’s more frightening aspects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

They are also what make it rise in the absence of other leavening agents.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2024

Attending nuns push not gurneys but shopping carts, leavening the tragic with the mundane.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2022

The leavening gives the brownies a little lift, which helps them hold their swirl while baking.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

Bacteria perform a wide variety of actions beneficial to humans, from decomposing organic matter to leavening bread.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman