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Example sentences for "press through"

  • Cook until the onion is tender--about ten minutes--remove from the fire, press through a sieve fine enough to retain the seeds.

  • When it thickens pour in gradually a pint and a half of boiling milk, season with salt and pepper to taste, press through a purée sieve, and return to the fire.

  • Press through a colander, season with salt, pepper, lemon-juice, a suspicion of mace and Worcestershire Sauce.

  • Press through a sieve, add two cupfuls of cream, and reheat.

  • Drain, press through a sieve, and mix with an equal quantity of White Sauce.

  • Cut very fine with sharp knife, or press through sieve, add butter and serve hot.

  • Cook the prunes and figs in sufficient water to cover them until they are perfectly soft, press through a sieve, add sugar, chill thoroughly, and fold in the stiffly beaten egg white.

  • Mash the apricots, or press through a coarse strainer or colander; add the sugar.

  • When the fruit is tender, remove it from the fire, stir or beat until smooth, or press through a colander or strainer.

  • Press through a strainer, add the sugar and salt, and mix well.

  • Press through a strainer and add the baking soda.

  • Press through a sieve and put into a well-buttered wooden baking dish.

  • Press through a pastry tube or tin funnel on top of the pie in a pattern, and serve warm for dessert.

  • Press through a sieve and let it stand overnight in a press so as to remove the superfluous liquid, which should be saved to use in making Boston brown bread.

  • Press through a fine sieve, add the milk, and freeze as directed on page 7.

  • Press through a sieve, add the water, and freeze as directed on page 63.

  • Press through a sieve, add the sugar and lemon juice.

  • Press through a sieve, add the water, and for each three cups add one-half teaspoon of onion juice and one cup of hot milk.

  • Put it on the fire, taking care to stir until it boils, press through a sieve and again put it on the fire for a moment; serve.

  • When beginning to boil, press through a sieve, heat again on the fire, adding half an ounce of butter, and serve.

  • Press through a sieve, and put back on the fire until it begins to boil, then add one pint of cream and an ounce of butter; serve.

  • Press through a colander, add one pound or two cups of sugar to the hot pulp, stir until melted and then cool.

  • Press through a sieve and add other ingredients.

  • Press through a colander, add sugar to the pulps and cool.

  • Press through sieve; rub flour and butter together and cook in the celery puree, add the seasoning and serve with boiled mutton, chicken or rabbit.

  • Half an hour before the soup is done add the caramel-cereal, bay leaf, and salt; press through a fine colander, and simmer to six cups.

  • Chop this fine; press through a sieve and drain.

  • Stew the beans and onions in the water until tender; add nut butter and salt; press through a sieve, bring to a boil, and serve.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "press through" 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:
    darling little; dirty work; hundred eyes; lean beef; learned brother; much admired; plain speaking; press agent; press forward; press them; press through; press together; pressed forward; pressed upon; pressure cylinder; pressure engine; pressure engines; pressure groups; pressure steam; she believed; syphilitic infection; this description; three principal; united together; women workers; young male