stew

Example Sentences

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They arrived to cheers from crowds waving Welsh flags and holding bunches of daffodils, before sipping hot drinks and chatting to people making signs, baking cakes and making traditional stew in preparation for the festivities.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Generally speaking, it’s more angular, more acid, more morbid, more willing to let a protagonist stew in misery, more suspicious of sentiment than our comparatively genial homegrown brand.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

The summer hunting season has therefore gained importance, enabling Greenlanders to fill their freezers to get them through the winter months, he tells AFP over a steaming bowl of fish stew.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Many a pot of chicken noodle soup or beef stew has been quietly improved by a generous smear of white miso stirred in at the end.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

I sacrifice another chicken and use the rest of the potatoes to make a stew they can take upstairs, and while it’s boiling, I try to comb the fleas from Max’s hair.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron