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Example sentences for "good stock"

  • Place the partridges on these, breasts uppermost, pour over them half a pint of good stock, cover with a round of buttered paper, and simmer as gently as possible till the partridges are done enough.

  • Serve with a sauce made of half a pint of good stock, a gill of Chablis, a little water, and a piece of butter rolled in flour, and stirred till smooth; when it begins to boil slice in pickled gherkins.

  • Drain it, and put it into a pint of good stock, with a little salt, a teaspoonful of unmixed mustard and a dust of cayenne.

  • Even if I was to go, my father disliking would take away all energy, and I should want a good stock of that.

  • If you have not a good stock, I will add one more to the list.

  • To this add one and a quarter pint of good stock and a glass of Chablis, boil rapidly for ten minutes then simmer till it is reduced to a third.

  • Espagnole, or Brown Sauce The chief ingredient of this useful sauce is good stock, to which add any remnants and bones of fowl or game.

  • Make a roux by frying two ounces of butter and two ounces of flour, add an ounce of grated cheese and half a cup of good stock.

  • Add plenty of good stock, and put them on a slow fire.

  • The married woman of good stock ought to bear four children.

  • After the war, Martin Kallikak married a woman of good stock.

  • But contrast his career in and after slavery with that of the Mamelukes of Egypt, who were slaves, but slaves of good stock.

  • Make a good stock of veal or beef as directed for consommé (No.

  • Both Daphnia and Cyclops are bred in stagnant water in which there should be a good stock of weeds.

  • In the case of a pond it is generally fairly easy to introduce a good stock of suitable weeds.

  • Fortunately, however, such lengthy and complicated proceedings as are necessary to obtain a good stock of trout are not necessary to obtain a good stock of coarse fish.

  • A fair proportion should, however, be kept in the ponds and protected, so that a good stock of the flies may be available next year.

  • Drain off the butter and add to it two level tablespoonfuls of flour, a half cupful of good stock, a half cupful of strained tomatoes, and bring to a boil.

  • I had a good stock of it, and they were constantly coming to me with their ailments.

  • The proper requisites for a good stock are a full hive of proper shape and size, (viz.

  • First, it is necessary to provide a good stock of patience, as it may be a short job, or it may be a long one.

  • If they do catch some, we will wait here till we can dry a good stock.

  • Well, you had better take a good stock of powder and ball, and you can practise a bit as you go along.

  • The meat we have got already will last some time, but it is as well to lay in a good stock, and we want the skins badly to make our roof.

  • Pryor, Gibson & Shields returned from the Village with a good Stock of roots and bread.

  • Donna Maria shall make a good stock of paste, and cut the tick into strips for both widths.

  • It would be well to lay in a good stock of firewood.

  • We have a good stock of ammunition for them and for our pistols.

  • We have still got a good stock of whisky and brandy.

  • A good stock, a good stock, she thought to herself.

  • We shall want a good stock of thorns, for we are sure to break lots of them in making the holes.

  • The flour and the biscuits would last twice as long, but we must keep a good stock of them on hand, so as to have a store if we take to the canoe again.

  • In fact, this morning I have been engaged in laying in a good stock of wine, not for the voyage but for use in Chili.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "good stock" 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:
    good breeding; good cheer and keep thine eyes; good counsel; good country; good deeds; good friends; good handful; good influence; good instance; good intention; good intentions; good lawyer; good length; good letter; good long; good moral; good nurse; good officer; good omen; good opportunity; good portrait; good reading; good sport; good stock; good thing; good wine