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

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

But I do depart from my standard in one major way: Swirled brownies need leavening.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

The friend suggested leavening the dough in his mine.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2022

From morning to night, he displayed cool and reasoned leadership, with his humor leavening even the most difficult crisis.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela