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Example sentences for "closely covered"

  • Draw the saucepan to the side of the range, and let it stand, closely covered, in boiling water for ten minutes.

  • Draw to one side of the range, and set, closely covered, in a pot of boiling water for ten minutes.

  • Keep the vessel containing the corn closely covered while it is cooking.

  • Meantime slice the onions and put into a deep frying-pan, just covered with water, and boil until done, keeping it closely covered.

  • Put it in stone jars and keep it closely covered.

  • Stew this very gently, closely covered, for four or five hours; but take care the meat does not go to rags, by being done too fast.

  • Set it over a slow fire, closely covered; let it boil till half is consumed; then strain it and take off the fat.

  • Afterward the kettle, closely covered, may be set aside where the water will retain a temperature of about 180°.

  • Cook, closely covered, in a small quantity of water until soft.

  • Cover with boiling water and bake closely covered in a very moderate oven two and a half hours.

  • The bowl containing this yeast foam was allowed to stand in a warm place, closely covered, one hour.

  • Place close together in an agate pan and bake, or bake in one cake in a pie tin and for shortcake; or place spoonfuls of the dough over veal or beef stew and potatoes or stewed chicken, and cook, closely covered, about fifteen minutes.

  • Mix well together and stand in a warm place, closely covered, a couple of hours, until well-risen.

  • When it is cooling, add one ounce of rose-water, and put it into a gallipot, closely covered.

  • Boil—closely covered—fifteen minutes, when strain and put in the eels, which should be cleaned carefully and cut into pieces less than a finger long.

  • Set these in the oven, closely covered, until they are smoking hot.

  • Never serve potatoes, boiled or baked whole, in a closely covered dish.

  • Drop this into the kettle or broth by spoonfuls, and cook forty minutes, closely covered.

  • Let them stew slowly for an hour, closely covered.

  • Set the liquor away in an earthenware jar, closely covered, to keep in the flavor.

  • Let all boil together, slowly, for half an hour, keeping it closely covered.

  • Let the sausages remain a week in this pickle, turning them every day, and keeping it closely covered.

  • Unless your dinner hour is very late, the stock for this soup should be made the day before it is wanted, and set away in a stone pan, closely covered.

  • When almost cold, put it into stoneware jars, which must be closely covered, and kept in a cool place.

  • Cut up an onion and one or two tomatoes (a tablespoon of canned tomatoes will do), and add to this a little water, and stew two hours, closely covered.

  • A good rule is to boil it, closely covered, from three to four hours steadily.

  • Cook in a closely covered kettle, letting the soup simmer for four or five hours.

  • Boil the cauliflower in salt and water, closely covered.

  • Pour on the water, hang it over a moderate fire, and boil it slowly; carefully skimming off all the fat that rises to the top, and keeping it closely covered, except when you raise the lid to skim it.

  • Simmer it on coals by the side of the fire for near three hours, skimming it well, and keeping it closely covered.

  • Put it away in a stone jar, packing it down hard; and keep it closely covered.

  • Keep it closely covered, and stew or simmer it gently till the chicken is quite tender, but do not allow it to boil.

  • Set the kettle (closely covered) upon a trivet inside of a flat-bottomed pot or stew-pan.

  • Let it cook slowly in the oven, with a regular fire, for several hours, till it is entirely done all through; taking care to keep it closely covered.

  • Lay it in a deep earthen pan, cover it with the best cider vinegar, and let it stand three days, turning it frequently, and keeping it closely covered.

  • Make a brine of salt and water, strong enough to bear an egg; pour it hot on the asparagus, and let it be closely covered.

  • Then set the jar by closely covered, stirring it daily for six weeks, and afterwards put the pickle into small bottles.

  • Put them into a saucepan with a quart of water, keep it closely covered for an hour, and simmer it gently.

  • Pickles, when put down, require to be kept with great care, closely covered.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "closely covered" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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