marinate
Example Sentences
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No, I will take full accountability and marinate in my stupidity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Just enough to let them marinate as they cooled.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
The Rams don’t have much time to marinate in the victory: the rival San Francisco 49ers are coming to town on Thursday night.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2025
"Sometimes a song needs to marinate for a year, six months, it can take some time," she says.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025
I was so good at denying myself this, the simple pleasure of even a secret crush, that the thoughts were never allowed to marinate in my mind.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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