grilling

Example Sentences

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The summer grilling season, smaller cattle herds, droughts, wildfires, processing-plant closures and other supply disruptions have helped push meat prices to record highs this year.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Customers flipped out when they announced the sale, grilling the sisters — puns intended — about whether the restaurant would close.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Senator Rand Paul, who heads the Senate Homeland Security Committee, opened the session by grilling Mullin about past comments the senator from Oklahoma made about Paul, a senator from Kentucky.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

He meets with defense attorneys in a large conference room adjacent to his office, grilling executives to gauge the strength of a potential case.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

It was the kind of place where you could smell hot dogs and burgers grilling every weekend.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate