crusty

Example Sentences

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You can go maximalist — an Alison Roman–style ham party, complete with pickled vegetables, fancy mustard and crusty bread — or you can go blissfully minimal with a giant sub sliced into generous hunks.

From Salon

I may take one hot bath a week, and the water may reach only to the crusty stain ringing the inside of the tub.

From Literature

Irregular, varied layers of colored dots frame an immense, crusty center expanse with a flourish of widely spaced dots against ocher.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Saturday, locals carrying protest signs and occasionally blowing whistles patrolled streets under gray skies with patches of crusty snow piled up at corners, looking for ICE convoys.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. James also has a challenging role as the crusty salt who curses “dat ole davil sea” almost as many times as Hickey drones on about “pipe dreams” in “The Iceman Cometh.”

From The Wall Street Journal