sauce

Example Sentences

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The only distinguishing features were a few hurried strips of grilled chicken and a light dusting of Tony Chachere’s — not stirred into the sauce, mind you, but sprinkled on top, like an afterthought.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Burnt garlic is acrid and unforgiving; here, it should dissolve into the base of the sauce, barely visible but deeply present.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

The finished sauce should ribbon off a spoon in a soft cascade.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

At Cho and Park’s kitchen table, their pantry staples level up the spread: ssamjang, an umami-packed dipping sauce, and kimchi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The smell of cooking food is often a calming one, and the kitchen grew cozy as the sauce simmered, a culinary term which means “cooked over low heat.”

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket