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Example sentences for "half pint"

  • One ounce of essence of bergamot, three drachms of English oil of lavender, half a drachm of oil of cloves, half a drachm of aromatic vinegar, six grains of musk, one and a half pint of spirits of wine.

  • Take two table-spoonfuls of flour and stir it into a half pint of cold water until the lumps are all broken, then pour this into a pint of boiling water, stirring while doing so; afterwards let it boil up once or twice, and take off.

  • When required for use, two tea-spoonfuls to less than a half pint of water, to be mixed in a glass that will hold twice that quantity, and drunk while in a state of effervescence.

  • For a peek of potatoes, put in the lower part of the oven in a large shallow pan a half pint of hot water.

  • Soak a half pint of white beans over night.

  • Heat a quart of water to boiling in the inner dish of a double boiler, and stir into it one cup or one-half pint of pearl wheat.

  • The common kitchen cup, which holds a half pint, is the one usually taken as the standard; if any other size is used, the ingredients for the entire recipe should be measured by the same.

  • It should be prepared fresh by mixing a solution of sulphate of iron, made by dissolving 4 ounces of sulphate of iron in one-half pint water, with a suspension of 1 ounce of magnesia in one-half pint water.

  • After all these precautions have been observed the milking tube may be inserted and through it one-half pint of solution introduced by gravity air pressure or by syringe.

  • To facilitate this it is well to give the animal a half pint of raw linseed or olive oil before the manipulations described are commenced.

  • Cream together and then add One-half pint cup of spiced jam, One-half pint cup of any kind of jelly.

  • Use one level teaspoon of tea to each one-half pint of water.

  • To this add one gill of French brandy or one-half pint of good whisky.

  • Drain and put in a stewpan with one-half pint of milk and one teaspoonful of salt.

  • Add one-half pint of water and bake half an hour.

  • Then pour off the liquor, beat the meat to a paste, and put both into a bottle with a half pint of cold water.

  • In some cases this happens at every stool, the patient losing from a few ounces to a half pint of blood almost daily until alarmingly depleted.

  • Season with one-half pint wine, one gill catsup, nutmeg, mace, allspice.

  • Cut up one tablespoonful butter with flour and put in while boiling; beat the yolks of four eggs light, mix them with one-half pint milk.

  • Beat two eggs light and mix them with a half pint of milk, then add these ingredients to the dough, let it stand an hour to rise, and then bake as buckwheat cakes.

  • When well beaten, mix them and add to them a half pint of cream, a lump of melted butter half the size of an egg.

  • Take one-half pint of flour and one teaspoon salt; sift together, and roll the fish in it.

  • One ounce of the article may be infused in a quart of boiling water, strained, and sweetened with honey, and given, in half pint doses, every four hours.

  • A sort of average may be something less than a half pint of good rennet to fifty gallons of milk.

  • Put in one-half pint of water, and stir it over a quick fire till the juices are drawn.

  • When perfectly cool, add a half pint of strong vinegar, place the oysters in a jar and pour the liquor over them.

  • A half pint of flour will make a cake large enough to cover a common plate.

  • If very sour indeed, put a pint of molasses and water to it, and, two or three days after, put a half pint of vinegar; and in ten days it will be first rate vinegar.

  • A richer Indian cake may be made by stirring one egg to a half pint of milk, sweetened with two great spoonfuls of molasses; a little ginger, or cinnamon; Indian stirred in till it is just about thick enough to pour.

  • Wash, separating the bunches, and chop or cut them rather fine, measure, and to each quart allow a half pint of Supreme sauce.

  • Mix carefully with a tablespoonful of flour and add a half pint of stock, a half teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet or browning, the same of salt, and a dash of pepper; pour this over the mushrooms, and serve.

  • Stir the flour and butter together until the mixture is absolutely smooth, and then add cold milk—a trifle more than a half pint, a shade less than a pint.

  • Heat very slowly, adding a half pint of pure maple syrup with which has been previously mixed two teaspoons of powdered cinnamon and a dash of caraway.

  • Now into a half pint of this mayonnaise put three tablespoons of Chili sauce; three tablespoons of Blue Label Ketchup; one tablespoon of finely chopped pimento; one tablespoon of finely chopped blanched sweet peppers.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "half pint" 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:
    chemical affinity; good heart; half afraid; half amused; half asleep; half century; half cups; half dollar; half fathoms; half glass; half high; half hours; half leagues; half lemon; half length; half months; half ounce; half past; half pint; half step; half tablespoon; half teaspoonful; half years; middle term; safe return; year ago