knead

Following the instructions, you mix the flour with yeast, salt and water, give it a quick knead, rest it an hour, then divide it and let it rise on your counter for 8-10 hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Workers don't like to wake up early to knead dough by hand, Mr Hur says softly.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025

When the batter has formed into a cohesive ball, turn it onto the floured work surface and knead the dough for two minutes.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

Scrape dough onto a clean, unfloured surface, and knead 4 to 5 times, forming a smooth ball.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023

The tom, confident that now he would be fed in the elegant way he was accustomed to, began to knead his paws and his purring grew hoarse with triumph.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

This uneven motion effectively kneads the molten rock and helps generate bubbles.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025

He kneads pizza dough before cranking out several dozen tortillas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

As she kneads a ball of rice with her hands, mixing it with the lentils and spinach before feeding it to one of her children, she explains that even buying bread is a struggle.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2022

Ms. Marzovilla kneads the flour into long, slender tubes of maccheroncini, then pits their bread-crust flavor against sweet peas and tender strands of duck confit.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2022

She kneads her long, wet hair with a towel from the bathroom.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

In a truck parked in the Kyiv region, Loic Nervi kneaded the dough vigorously before sliding dozens of tins into the oven -- loaves that will later be handed out to Ukrainians.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

He and I really kneaded it to make it the funniest part.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

This is then cooked in a giant pot and slowly kneaded with a wooden stick until it thickens.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

A toasted rice aroma hangs around the factory line, where rice is combined with small plastic beads, heated and kneaded before being extruded in thin rods that are cooled and cut into tiny brown pellets.

From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2023

“When your father lived in China,” Brave Orchid told the children, “he refused to eat pastries because he didn’t want to eat the dirt the women kneaded from between their fingers.”

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

Today, naan is made by combing flour, yogurt and yeast and kneading them into a soft dough.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

"You repurpose existing skills -- using an oven, measuring ingredients, kneading dough -- and combine them with new ones, like whipping batter and making frosting, to create something entirely different."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2025

While the crossings remain closed, life has regained a semblance of normality, with bakers kneading bread, fruit and vegetable sellers wheeling out their carts, and customers frequenting shops.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

I got the Sellers Hoosier, a wooden hutch with a built-in tin flour bin and a metal bread kneading shelf, now more than 100 years old, that my great-grandmother used to bake on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2024

She poked at it with a finger, then began kneading it again.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt