marinade

Example Sentences

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It initially hit the right sweet, slightly piquant notes that al pastor meat should — but the flavor quickly dissipated because the marinade hadn’t soaked through the chicken chunks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Companies are wrestling with drilling hazards that make it more costly to operate and complaining that the marinade is creeping into their oil-and-gas reservoirs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Fresh asparagus first gets a blanch, then an ice bath, before taking a relaxing soak in an old-fashioned tasting, bread-and-butter pickle type of marinade.

From Salon • May 10, 2025

Rock hard, they are granulated then infused with a secret marinade of ingredients from the list above, before being roasted to create new flavours, aromas and compounds.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

The Eastern European immigrant in a neighborhood delicatessen speaks to me through a marinade of sounds, but I respond to his words.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez