spread it on
Example Sentences
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"It looked like volcanic lava, and they spread it on bread, so hence it came to be known as laverbread."
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2023
I was charmed by this mystery novel, set in Victorian England, when it came out in hardcover a year ago, writing that it was “filled with atmosphere so thick you could spread it on toast.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2022
My mom would make pie with the mincemeat, but she also canned some of it we could spread it on toast and get a little taste and reminder of Christmas later in the year …
From Fox News • Dec. 18, 2021
One midsummer morning with air so thick you could spread it on toast, my husband and I began a day-long drive toward the sea.
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2021
Treated as rubbish now, he lay at last upon a mass of dung before the gates—manure of mules and cows, piled there until fieldhands could spread it on the king’s estate.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
