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Example sentences for "just enough"

  • For a good size loaf of cake, baked in two layers, use a scant quarter of a pound of either the chopped dates or figs, put into a double boiler or saucepan with a very little boiling water, just enough to make the mass pliable.

  • Fry in just enough butter to keep it from sticking to the pan, stirring very often.

  • Lower the halter a little, just enough to get his nose into that part which goes around it; then raise it somewhat, and fasten the top buckle, and you will have it all right.

  • But do not whip him much--just enough to frighten him; it is not because we want to hurt the horse that we whip him--we only do it to frighten vice and stubbornness out of him.

  • You should bring up the girth very gently, and not draw it too tight at first, just enough to hold the saddle on.

  • Eager and emulous only, not spiteful, Grudging no friend, though ourselves he may beat; Just enough danger to make sport delightful, Toil just sufficient to make slumbers sweet!

  • One third cup of lard, a little salt, mix slightly with one and one half cups of flour, moisten with very cold water, just enough to hold together; get into shape for your tin as soon as possible.

  • Just enough to land, he thought, if we ever get the chance.

  • Just enough to do what I've been planning for a long time.

  • Just enough to get back to the facility and give up?

  • He'd had a year at Yale, just enough to let him struggle along with a dictionary and squeak around some standard language requirement.

  • Yuri Andreevich, on this project you are merely the test pilot.

  • He flipped his helmet screens back and looked over the readouts one final time.

  • Come on, this was your thing, way back when.

  • Here in remote Hokkaido they had constructed a high-security facility surrounded by wind-swept wilderness--virgin forests and snow-covered volcanoes.

  • Then, if there is not enough liquor in the pan, add to it just enough water to make a thick sauce.

  • It should be cooked in just enough water to cover it.

  • Boil a knuckle of veal in just enough water to cover it, with a little salt.

  • Wash a fine cauliflower, put it in a net and boil it in just enough water to cover it.

  • Take the best end of a neck of veal, cut it in pieces, season it with pepper and salt, and stew it in just enough water to cover it.

  • All this feminine enthusiasm over Alb's idea piqued me just enough to keep me from joining the party.

  • Take one and one-half or two pounds of beef and the same quantity thick part of veal, put in a baking-pan, set in the stove and brown quickly with just enough water to keep from burning.

  • Whip the egg with the water, just enough to break it, as air-bubbles in the egg will break in frying, and let the grease penetrate.

  • Remember that every stroke of the spoon after the flour is added toughens the cake just that much, so fold the flour in just enough to mix well.

  • Price's Baking Powder 1/4 cup cold water 4 tablespoons shortening 1 quart strawberries Sift dry ingredients together; rub in shortening very lightly with finger tips; add water slowly, just enough to make a stiff dough.

  • One fourth of the time is given them every week--just enough to afford them a taste of the sweets of liberty, and render them dissatisfied with their condition.

  • Into the bottom of the pan put a very little water, just enough to prevent the apples from burning.

  • Put it into a pot, and stew it slowly in a very little water, just enough to cover it.

  • There's just enough truth in what you say to make a dispute quite profitless.

  • For this reason, the amount left for filing should be very small; in fact, the metal removed by filing should be just enough to take out the tool marks and give a smooth finish.

  • This clearance should be just enough to permit the tool to cut freely.

  • This clearance should be just enough to prevent the surface back of the cutting edge from dragging over the work.

  • But this does not demand a great fortune; but a simple competency, that is, just enough to meet their immediate wants and emergencies when they enter the world and begin business-life.

  • It should not go beyond this; it should be just enough to meet the social and financial exigencies of the child.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "just enough" 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:
    always remember; free speech; just below; just going; just here; just know; just looked; just men made perfect; just once; just proportion; just ready; just referred; just said; just simply; just stated; just take; just tell; just wanted; just wish; justice and; justices appointed; justifying faith; larger share; native state; pure white; three principal