bowl over

Example Sentences

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Start by whisking a few yolks with some lemon juice in a bowl over gently simmering water — you want steam, not direct heat.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

Place mixing bowl over a pan of simmering water.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 2, 2023

It offered orange seats from the lower bowl for sale, and plans to do the same with the yellow and burgundy seats from the upper bowl over the next year.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022

"Jimmy has the ability to bowl over the wicket and swing the ball both ways," 32-year-old Finn, who played 36 Tests, explained.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2021

I carried my bowl over and stood next to her and kept eating, which, when I thought about it later, seemed kind of messed up, but at the time we didn’t know what was happening.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez