stewed
Example Sentences
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Newsom climbed from San Francisco mayor to lieutenant governor to California’s governorship, where he quietly stewed as Harris leapfrogged past him into the vice presidency.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
A piece of herring—pickled, stewed or fried—constituted a weekday treat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Inside the shell as the smoke clears is stewed lamb over a cream-filled Japanese pancake.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
“And turtles? And the fact that, like, it’s all stewed up with, like, chilies and peppers and onions and like, ‘Oh, you really made this a dish?’
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025
Still, my cousins eat my stewed turkey, my rice and beans, cassava fritters, fried plantains, and the best one of all, my soup joumou.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
