DISH in a Sentence
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202 example sentences for DISH, such as:
1. Put the hot dish down on the mat.
2. Many a fine dish has nothing on it.
3. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
4. This dish needs a touch more garlic.
5. The dish fell to the floor and broke.
2. Many a fine dish has nothing on it.
3. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
4. This dish needs a touch more garlic.
5. The dish fell to the floor and broke.
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Meanings and Examples of DISH
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dish
v. provide (usually but not necessarily food)
n. the quantity that a dish will hold
Classic Sentence: (146 in 10 pages)
1 Smiling beatifically, and wearing both his decorations, Napoleon reposed on a bed of straw on the platform, with the money at his side, neatly piled on a china dish from the farmhouse kitchen.
2 Cardboard crowns, swords made of silver paper, turbans that were sixpenny dish cloths, lay on the grass or were flung on the bushes.
3 Red Admirals gluttonously absorbed richness from dish cloths, cabbage whites drank icy coolness from silver paper.
4 Swathed in conventions, they couldn't see, as she could, that a dish cloth wound round a head in the open looked much richer than real silk.
5 And turning, she strode to the actors, undressing, down in the hollow, where butterflies feasted upon swords of silver paper; where the dish cloths in the shadow made pools of yellow.
6 This mighty dish he placed before his guest, who, using his poniard to cut it open, lost no time in making himself acquainted with its contents.
7 Front-de-Boeuf was burnt alive for a less matter, for he kept a good table for his prisoners, only put too much garlic in his last dish of pottage.
8 At a few minutes after nine the maid, Edith Baxter, carried down to the stables his supper, which consisted of a dish of curried mutton.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
9 Were it mixed with any ordinary dish the eater would undoubtedly detect it, and would probably eat no more.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
10 The opium was added after the dish was set aside for the stable-boy, for the others had the same for supper with no ill effects.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
11 Near the foot of the bed stood a dish of oranges and a carafe of water.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. The Adventure of The Reigate Squires
Context Highlight In VII. The Adventure of The Reigate Squires
12 I don't know when I've known him make a better one, and he's ordered a good dish of cutlets for his lunch.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
13 The old man had just finished his lunch, and certainly his empty dish bore evidence to the good appetite with which his housekeeper had credited him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ
14 While the Owl had the dish as its share of the treat.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context Highlight In CHAPTER X. The Lobster Quadrille
Context Highlight In CHAPTER X. The Lobster Quadrille
15 In a village dwelt a poor old woman, who had gathered together a dish of beans and wanted to cook them.
Example Sentence: (56 in 4 pages)
1 This dish is good for dinner parties because much of the preparation can be done ahead of time.
2 Line the base of the dish with greaseproof paper and lightly grease the sides.
3 This dish needs a touch more garlic.
4 The dish was accompanied by a variety of pickles.
5 Revenge is a dish best served cold.
6 Choose a dish with a tight-fitting lid.
7 When you quarrel with a close friend, talk about the main dish, don't quibble over the appetizers.
8 Put the lamb in the centre of the dish, with the vegetables and herbs around the edge.
9 Shred the lettuce and arrange it around the edge of the dish.
10 Come to the table everybody - I'm ready to dish up.
11 Many a fine dish has nothing on it.
12 Better are small fish than an empty dish.
13 The dish fell to the floor and broke.
14 For this dish, fresh herbs and garlic are preferable.
15 Put the hot dish down on the mat.