marinate

Example Sentences

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The Rams don’t have much time to marinate in the victory: the rival San Francisco 49ers are coming to town on Thursday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2025

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

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

Mark's choice leaves us to marinate on all the possible consequences of that and all the other action.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2025

I will typically use it to marinate flank steak, but recently I used it with my grilled chicken and stone fruit chutney, and it reminded me how this sauce really does go with everything.

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2024

Sitti said they would teach her how to sew and pick lentils and marinate olives and carry water from the spring on her head and speak Arabic.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye