leavening

Example Sentences

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The film’s comedy won’t appeal to all tastes, but some will welcome the leavening effect it has on the movie’s more frightening aspects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

A corrosive rage courses through this 163-minute odyssey that’s matched by a leavening absurdism, Jude aghast at the comical stupidity of our inauthentic, greed-driven world.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

The leavening gives the brownies a little lift, which helps them hold their swirl while baking.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

The friend suggested leavening the dough in his mine.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2022

Made without salt, spices, leavening, or preservatives, masa must be cooked within a few hours of being ground, and the tortilla should be eaten soon after it is cooked.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann