ROAST in a Sentence
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68 example sentences for ROAST, such as:
1. Great boast, small roast.
2. It's roast iron, not roast beef.
3. I'm absolutely roasting in this suit.
4. Nay, devils shall roast you, sure enough.
5. The devil knows, but it isn't roast beef.
2. It's roast iron, not roast beef.
3. I'm absolutely roasting in this suit.
4. Nay, devils shall roast you, sure enough.
5. The devil knows, but it isn't roast beef.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of ROAST
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roast
n. a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
v. subject to laughter or ridicule
Classic Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
1 Jim told me to chop off the snake's head and throw it away, and then skin the body and roast a piece of it.
2 From all the windows the candles were gleaming, and it smelt so deliciously of roast goose, for you know it was New Year's Eve; yes, of that she thought.
3 On the table was spread a snow-white tablecloth; upon it was a splendid porcelain service, and the roast goose was steaming famously with its stuffing of apple and dried plums.
4 First there will be a capital roast; then the fat will find me in goose-grease for six months; and then there are all the beautiful white feathers.
5 The old woman was as good as her word: she never spoke angrily to her, and gave her roast and boiled meats every day.
6 She killed two fowls, scalded them, plucked them, put them on the spit, and towards evening set them before the fire, that they might roast.
7 Then the woman served up four different things, roast meat, salad, cakes, and wine.
8 The two brothers wanted to catch two, and roast them.
9 The supper consisted of a roast pheasant garnished with Corsican blackbirds; a boar's ham with jelly, a quarter of a kid with tartar sauce, a glorious turbot, and a gigantic lobster.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
Context Highlight In Chapter 31. Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.
10 Then, in spite of the failure of his first search, he began a second, after having told Gaetano to roast one of the two kids.
11 Nay, devils shall roast you, sure enough.
12 That done, the servants applied themselves to bringing in various comestibles under covers, through which could be heard the hissing of hot roast viands.
13 After the roast Vassily Ivanovitch disappeared for an instant, and returned with an opened half-bottle of champagne.
14 The devil knows, but it isn't roast beef.
15 It's roast iron, not roast beef.
Example Sentence:
1 Dry bread at home is better than roast meat abroad.
2 In Britain, the traditional Sunday lunch consists of roast meat, potatoes and other vegetables.
3 I personally would rather roast a chicken whole.
4 She put a leg of mutton into the oven to roast it for supper.
5 We're going to lie in the sun and roast for two weeks.
6 Great boast, small roast.
7 His former students roast the professor at his 60th birthday.
8 Julia Child can cleave a whole roast duck in two.
9 As each vegetable is done, return it to the roasting pan.
10 I'm absolutely roasting in this suit.
11 Sprinkle some roasted chopped nuts on top.