leaven
Example Sentences
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“Weapons” has something for everyone: jump scares for horrorphiles, nods to classics like “Rashomon” and “Magnolia” for film buffs, and more than a few laughs to leaven the tension.
Try to swap brown sugar for granulated sugar, and the delicate balance of the leavening will be thrown off.
From Salon
Baps are soft, leavened rolls, typically eaten for breakfast in the United Kingdom — but I find they also serve as a pretty stellar hamburger or egg sandwich bun.
From Salon
From Wagner to “Game of Thrones” and back again, pop-cultural medievalism has a habit of leavening sublimity and solemnity with heavy doses of intended or inadvertent silliness.
From New York Times
Instead, I took my usual approach and went the naturally leavened route, using 100% sourdough.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
