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Example sentences for "simmering"

Lexicographically close words:
similitudes; similitudine; similitudinem; simmer; simmered; simmers; simmon; simo; simoniacal; simony
  1. If boiled, as the larger fish generally are, they should be kept just simmering over an equal fire, in which way half an hour will do the largest fish, and five minutes the smallest.

  2. Nowhere will you see a more complete abandonment to the wild postures of fatigue and despair than in the pathetic sprawl of these human forms upon the simmering plush settees.

  3. The tree-lined vistas of Mineola are placidly simmering in the morning sun.

  4. Can you ever believe that, I have called you a 'simmering pot of Emerald broth'?

  5. She gave a cry of motherly compassion for Braintop, and began to relate the little deficiencies of his temper, while, as it were, simmering on her seat to go to him.

  6. Keep it simmering all the time; it may take twenty hours to reduce.

  7. It is a great mistake to believe that bones or veal make good broth; by boiling or simmering bones or veal, you obtain a gelatinous liquid, but not a rich broth with a pleasant flavor.

  8. Keep the kettle between simmering and boiling heat for about five hours.

  9. Simmering differs from boiling only in the amount of heat allowed under the boiler, kettle, or pan.

  10. She had left the tender breast and shoulder of lamb for the stew simmering on the back of the stove, and the vegetables were all ready to put in it.

  11. Delia knew nothing, it was evident, about simmering vegetables.

  12. But there is between a simmering of that kind and the active boiling of the question to-day (with the threat of its boiling over) all the difference in the world.

  13. I mean the theory that it is possible to continue in a sort of simmering atmosphere of partial repression, with the Jew treated as something alien and hostile, yet his presence unceasingly tolerated.

  14. Simmering parts of a chicken using the same recipe as for whole chicken.

  15. Drop batter by half teaspoons into the simmering soup.

  16. In a small bowl, blend milk, cornstarch and mustard until smooth; stir into simmering liquid in skillet.

  17. Amid nosegays of lilac, a tea-urn was simmering on a table by the balustrade, and presently there appeared upon the scene also the damsel who, on the previous night, had met the arrivals on the verandah.

  18. He gazed over the heads of the silent roomful to the simmering street where Devlin, with the aid of a supporting arm, was staggering into the saloon in which his humiliation had begun.

  19. For the suggestion that materials for laceration were simmering was without foundation; was, in fact, only an example of the speaker's method.

  20. Half a century hence, when the simmering over the roseate fire is silent, may we, with M.

  21. According to the old system, it requires two days to complete it; one for the simmering of the stock, and the other for the sauce.

  22. He was silent; but his hot heart was simmering within him.

  23. The clams were simmering on the fire, sending out an appetizing smell, and the brown loaf was cut.

  24. The clams were still simmering gently in the pot, and she gave them each a porringer of broth, which they ate sitting in a circle about the hearth-stone.

  25. A method of cooking food intermediate to frying and boiling, performed by simmering it in a saucepan or stewpan, with merely sufficient water to prevent burning, and to effect the object in view; the whole being served up to form the 'dish.

  26. The fruit-pulps are obtained by rubbing the fruit through a fine hair sieve, either at once or after it has been softened by simmering it for a short time along with a little water.

  27. The slow readjustment, dumfounded rage, and despair simmering gradually to bitterness and hardening finally to despair.

  28. She had never smelled simmering mascara, but her lashes were hot with it.

  29. But I'll tell you all about my simmering ideas when I have had time to make a few inquiries.

  30. I've had so many plans simmering since I began to make my candy, but Mammy has always set the kettle on the back part of the stove just as it began to boil nicely, haven't you Mammy?

  31. More than an hour passed before this plan which had been simmering in the girl's active brain, was laid before the practical business man, and he was amazed at what he afterwards pronounced its "level-headedness.

  32. There they drank pale tea, the pot kept simmering on a spirit-stove, and read the foreign papers which had just come.

  33. She finished the preparations for dinner, got her pots and pans all nicely simmering and her oven at the right heat; then, giving some necessary directions, she left the servant to watch the cooking and went up to her own room.

  34. The place was vacant; the tables were as she had left them, half laid; the pot was gently simmering over the fire.

  35. The great pot was there, simmering on its hook; and on the small table beside it, the table that Basterga and Grio occupied, stood a platter with a few dried herbs and a knife fresh from her hand.

  36. Heat the upper pan by simmering water in the lower one, but don't let the water boil up or touch the top pan.

  37. Keep simmering as you add cheese-and-flour mix gradually, stirring always in one direction.

  38. Heat this in a stewpan and when simmering add the sherry and crab meat and let all cook together with a slow fire for eight minutes.

  39. Dip the simmering tomato mixture over the eggs until they are cooked.


  40. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "simmering" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    ardent; baking; blistering; boil; boiling; brewing; broil; burning; canicular; catering; cookery; cuisine; decoction; ebullient; ebullition; feverish; fierce; fiery; flushed; furious; grilling; heated; hot; hotheaded; impetuous; nutrition; overheated; passionate; poaching; roasting; scalding; scorching; seething; sizzling; smoldering; stormy; sudorific; sweating; sweaty; sweltering; tempestuous; torrid; vehement; violent; volcanic; wild