roast

Example Sentences

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This week, one cleaning crew cleared half of a roasted pig, buried in the sand.

From Barron's

Gather your mac and cheese, your spanakopita triangles, your dumplings, your roasted vegetables in tidy bags.

From Salon

I start filling my own plate with anything that will fit—salmon skewers, cubed potatoes, roasted corn, and garlic bread.

From Literature

They roasted him in their group chat after he won the national championships—that is, the senior national championships.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sleeping bags and pillows, my Yahtze game, long forks for roasting marshmallows, folding chairs to use around the campfire, Mom’s books, Dad’s wood carving tools, Abby’s doll, my radio, Moose’s basket.

From Literature