marinate

Example Sentences

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"Sometimes a song needs to marinate for a year, six months, it can take some time," she says.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

It takes a little over an hour for “Nobu” to marinate long enough to approach a point of complexity, not exactly bitter but no longer cloyingly sweet.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

Mark's choice leaves us to marinate on all the possible consequences of that and all the other action.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2025

Kidd did it by giving the mix of perennial All-Stars Irving and Doncic time to marinate, and persuading the offensive wizards to play defense.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

Ma had shown me how to marinate it with soya, garlic, and fermented black bean.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu