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Example sentences for "raisins"

Lexicographically close words:
raises; raiseth; raisin; raising; raisings; raison; raisonable; raisonnable; raisonne; raisons
  1. We'll feed him up, you'll see my reason, and with sweet almonds and raisins season.

  2. Then she leads Haensel to the cage and shuts him in and gives him almonds and raisins to fatten him up.

  3. The roof is all covered with Turkish delight the windows with lustre of sugar are white; and on all the gables the raisins invite, and think!

  4. The Witch comes out, satisfies herself that Gretel is still standing motionless, and then spreads before Haensel almonds and raisins from a basket.

  5. Bring some raisins and almonds sweet, Haensel wants some more to eat.

  6. You use raisins with strychnine in 'em--and it tells how.

  7. They would not bear the freight rate which had previously been charged for Spanish raisins moving over the transcontinental lines westward.

  8. Spanish raisins were carried west over the same lines at a rate of three cents.

  9. What is the difference between raisins and other dried fruits, unless perchance the carrier has not yet established one industry while another is already firmly rooted and safe against competition?

  10. California raisins were carried east at one and three-fourths cents per 100 lbs.

  11. On raisins compared with citrus fruits: 22 I.

  12. The first thing to do was to find a market for the California raisins in the East.

  13. Zurayk, and Hasan replied, "We gave him raisins to eat, and he choked and died and this is he.

  14. There is no drink but what raisins make, there is no love-delight but what of the lover we take and none sitteth in the place of honour save the sensible freke[FN#216]!

  15. The noisy procession first went to the house of the mullah, who scattered raisins for good luck over Kadija's head.

  16. Karim fairly howled with cold as he trotted along by her side, and when they reached home, to comfort him, she gave him two cucumbers and some of the raisins that he liked so well.

  17. Some brought raisins as a present, some melons.

  18. But raisins are meager support for such a bulk as that of Bull Hunter.

  19. He followed the cold stars by night and the easy landmarks by day, and for food he had the stock of raisins he had bought at Johnstown.

  20. I find him with a grand heap of the raisins and the nuts," replied the French tutor excitedly.

  21. Nuts and raisins are not a particularly wholesome diet for a child three years old.

  22. Raisin Sauce for Skirt Steak Add one-half a cup of seeded raisins to one pint of cold water, set over fire, bring slowly to a boil and let simmer, gently, for fifteen minutes.

  23. It is simply a nice bread pudding made with custard, with some raisins or currants in it.

  24. You can use dried fruit with this pudding, such as raisins or currants, but you put the fruit in through the pudding instead of on top.

  25. She bought two pounds of raisins and a pound of citron only last week, and to-day as much more.

  26. Mother made lovely frosted pound-cake with plums in it, and mince-pies filled with fruit; but what I remember best of all is that she made for me a little plain cake, and left out all the raisins and currants.

  27. The next day I was sent to the store for more raisins and citron.

  28. Suddenly I thought, 'How good those raisins in the porcupine box would taste!

  29. Poor Hans is too thin, but I hope the raisins and nuts will be good for him.

  30. Run in, little daughter, and get some more nuts and raisins for him.

  31. Mind that you whistle all the while you are doing it, I don't want them all eat up; raisins cost something, they are very much like you in that respect.

  32. Fine raisins are also imported from Smyrna, Damascus, and Egypt.

  33. The finest raisins are those of the sun, so called; being the plumpest bunches, which are left to ripen fully upon the vine, after their stalks have been half cut through.

  34. The raisins are plucked, cleansed, and dipped for a few seconds in a boiling lye of wood ashes and quicklime, at 12 or 13 degrees of Baume's areometer.

  35. A box of raisins weighs twenty pounds, but there are half boxes and quarter boxes put up also.

  36. Most of the seedless raisins are made from seedless grapes, but there are machines for removing the seeds from the grapes which contain them.

  37. A paper is placed on the bottom of each box, and over the raisins another is placed.

  38. When these are filled, the raisins are carefully transferred to the boxes.

  39. In this way the raisins are broken from the stems.

  40. The superintendent of the packing house said that nearly all of the raisins that we import come from Spain, and that they are exported chiefly from the city of Malaga.

  41. The sugar that you find on and in the raisins is not put there by the people who dry the grapes.

  42. I have picked some pretty good raisins from the vines.

  43. We saw the machine where the raisins are stemmed.

  44. Although there are many countries where grapes grow, there are few where raisins are made.

  45. The raisins are first placed on wooden or metal frames the size of a raisin box.

  46. VII Nothing remained of the earlier raisins as a variety of greedy misfits pocketed the tributes.

  47. III Raisins were left out to dry as token offerings.

  48. There is an excellent prescription for making elderberry wine, besides, in which Malaga raisins are to be largely used.

  49. The principal industries, as you may recall, are salt fish, woolen blankets, pottery, dried raisins and shrapnel.

  50. This can be used as a layer cake, or nuts or raisins can be added.

  51. One-half cup of small unbroken seeded raisins may be added to this recipe, and the pudding may be browned in oven before serving, if desired.

  52. Then add the raisins and pour into a double boiler and steam four hours.

  53. Grind English walnuts and raisins and put in a few drops of hot water to make them thin enough to spread on reception flakes.

  54. If raisins and currants are rolled in flour before putting in a cake, they will not sink to the bottom.

  55. Mix as for ordinary cake, roll thin, put raisins or salted almonds in center of each and bake a light brown.

  56. First tinware and now this foolery "; and he kicked savagely at the offending tin, sending a shower of raisins dancing out into the dust.

  57. Might it catch raisins nuzzer time," he said, logically enough.

  58. After the raisins were dispatched, Mrs. Roberts applied herself to the copying of a recipe from an old cookery-book, for which she seemed in something of a hurry.

  59. Sylvie set the huge bowl of raisins on the table, and I drew them toward me, saying she must allow me to help her with them.

  60. Presently, Jackie, who had been promised that he should choose his own bedtime that night, was found to be fast asleep with his head on his green-leaf dessert plate, and a bunch of raisins clasped tightly in one hand.

  61. The addition of an extra spoonful of sugar, two eggs (from your canned desiccated eggs), raisins and cinnamon makes a delicious camp cake.

  62. Raisins lead the list, as they cook in well with any of the flour stuffs and rice, and are excellent to eat raw as a lunch.


  63. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "raisins" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.