marinate

No, I will take full accountability and marinate in my stupidity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

"Sometimes a song needs to marinate for a year, six months, it can take some time," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025

Gabriela Jaquez made sure to marinate in this moment, bouncing gleefully toward half-court while her teammates formed a joyous mob.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025

Like I'll throw a grilled chicken — I’ll marinate, you know what’s a great marinade?

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2024

“I need time for marinate your dad’s favorite ribs. Wouldn’t be right to eat any kine food.”

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

The deeply savory sun-dried tomato and basil vinaigrette marinates the chicken, to keep it tender when stir-fried, and doubles as a sauce for the orzo and feta.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2022

Matsuzaki marinates pork belly for several days, then presses and sears the meat, concentrating the flavor of the pork, which he slips into tender bao buns with carrot matchsticks, cucumber slices and jalapeño.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2022

As sushi purveyors did before the age of refrigeration, he marinates some fish in soy and presses others beneath sheets of kelp.

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021

As this happens, our culture marinates in the toxic assumption "that everything ought to be done for the sake of something else, and never for its own sake."

From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2021

Now behold water-spouts vomiting as they rush over the pavements, and rubbish marinates in puddles that fill the holes scooped out of the macadam.

From Against the Grain by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

The app has boosted lesser-known businesses and sent tourists in droves to unconventional locations such as Zibo, a quiet industrial city in Shandong, after its cheap, marinated barbecue skewers went viral.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

The marinated and charbroiled chicken shawarma—which Winnebago drivers can order in a party-platter size for $89.99—is a highlight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

It conjures something overly marinated, vaguely limp, sitting in the back of a deli case.

From Salon ● May 5, 2026

It’s billed as different from “your average rib sandwich,” with ribs that have been hand-deboned, marinated in a proprietary barbecue-sauce blend with apple-cider vinegar, then slow-cooked for nine hours.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026

Here was an opportunity to make practical use of the theories in which he had marinated for years—and in the service of a fight against Fascism that he took seriously indeed.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

This isn’t Tom Brady marinating on an Eames chair for six weeks before deciding to give football another go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Many people are numb or marinating in indignation and anger.

From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026

It’s helpful to have a framework, a structured environment, for marinating in stillness.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025

After marinating, you will want to set some aside for an easy dip or salad dressing.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024

The ground beef was marinating in so much lard it looked as if it were encased in Jell-O.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben