starch

Example Sentences

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They blended it with modified starch and bentonite nanoclay, then added glycerol and polyvinyl alcohol to improve durability and flexibility.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

Before you drain, save the pasta water — that cloudy starch is what turns chopped olives and warm oil into a sauce that clings instead of puddles.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

My tasting panel dubbed them a superlative Thanksgiving starch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

But there's also a huge -- if largely unrealised -- potential for their use in bioplastics and biofuels, as well as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and textiles, thanks to their starch.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

The furniture seemed too small for them—the room seemed too small for them—and they scented the air with old cigars, starch, and sweat.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt