tom

Example Sentences

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You know John Bonham’s tom fills when you hear them, just as you can immediately recognize the sound of Ringo Starr’s hi-hats.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

It also shines in fish stews and soups of all kinds, from cacciucco to tom kha gai to cioppino or caldeirada.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025

The menu is a wide range of Thai classics: larb gai, pad thai, tom yum soup and more.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2024

Tiravanija’s early relational pieces — offering curry and tom ka soup, sodas and beers, grass mats and pillows for weary visitors — appeared as museums increasingly promoted the politics of multiculturalism.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2023

At each swing of the ax my arms felt like they were being tom from their sockets.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls