marinate

Example Sentences

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Just enough to let them marinate as they cooled.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

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

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

It takes a little over an hour for “Nobu” to marinate long enough to approach a point of complexity, not exactly bitter but no longer cloyingly sweet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

Kidd did it by giving the mix of perennial All-Stars Irving and Doncic time to marinate, and persuading the offensive wizards to play defense.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

Koffi let the word marinate in her head.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray