spread it on
Example Sentences
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I’ll spread it on a warm slice of cornbread, maybe with a little salted butter, and I’ll remember: that fleeting, perfect window when tomatoes tasted like time itself.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2025
"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
She sets it carefully on top of the heater while I grab the towel we use for bathing and spread it on the bed.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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