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Example sentences for "when quite"

  • Still they are never so good as when quite fresh.

  • When quite done, take out the pears and lay them in a deep dish.

  • When quite dry, pound it in a mortar to a fine powder, and sift it through a sieve.

  • Wash a fresh liver well, and, when quite ready to cook it, cut into long, narrow slices.

  • When quite cold, whip in the frothed whites very gradually until the mixture is a white sponge.

  • When quite light, cut it in diamonds with a jagging-iron or a sharp knife, and fry them in lard.

  • When quite done, it will shrink from she sides of the pan, and cease making a noise.

  • When quite light, bake it in a moderate oven.

  • When quite cold, lay two or three oysters in each shell of puff-paste.

  • French beans; mix all well together without breaking the beans; when quite hot, stir in two tablespoonfuls of liaison (No.

  • Boil and mill it: when quite smooth, take it off the fire, and leave it to be cold.

  • When quite smooth, take out the cinnamon, and add some sugar.

  • When quite dry, break it in a pan, with two ounces of butter, till perfectly smooth.

  • When quite tender, keep them hot, while the following sauce is prepared.

  • When quite drained, baste each one carefully with beaten egg till every part is coated, then smother it in cracker meal.

  • These pies, when quite cold, may be sent any distance, and are much used in England and Scotland for hunting-parties, besides being a standard breakfast and luncheon dish.

  • When quite set, very carefully remove the centre, leaving a shell of jelly half an inch thick.

  • When quite young I have often laughed at a circumstance I have heard related regarding the violent temper of his wife; but indeed it was no laughing matter.

  • The pastor of the Church in the small village where my parents resided had but one son; and, when quite a little girl, I remember him as one of the elder pupils in the school I attended.

  • When quite young he had married a very worthy woman, and their union was blessed by two children, a son and daughter; but they had laid them both in the grave at an early age; therefore they were now childless.

  • When quite tender, drain off the water, and put the vegetables into the stock, which should be made boiling.

  • When quite cooked, remove it from the gravy.

  • When quite firm, dip the tin in hot water for a second or two, and turn it on to a glass dish.

  • When quite ready, add the lemon juice or vinegar.

  • When quite tender, strain off the gravy from the fat, thicken it with flour, and give it a boil up; lay the pieces of hare in a hash dish, and pour the gravy over it.

  • When quite done, cut them across with a knife; but if you use a knife either to spread or divide them, they will be as heavy as lead.

  • When quite dry, they must be gradually "pulled out," and will look new.

  • When quite cold, take out the bottles and pack them in sawdust, in hampers, and stow them in the coolest part of the house.

  • When quite cold, put in your beef, which should be quite covered with the pickle, and in nine days it will be fit for use; or you may keep it three months, and it will not be too salt.

  • To four gallons of water put a sufficient quantity of common salt; when quite dissolved, to bear an egg, four ounces of saltpetre, two ounces of bay salt, and half a pound of coarse sugar.

  • When quite cold, season them again with the same seasoning.

  • When quite done, pound them in a mortar, and then rub them through a sieve with the liquor in which they have been boiling.

  • When quite pure it is somewhat harder than tin, and its hardness is considerably increased by rolling.

  • Their women, when quite young, are pretty and graceful.

  • When quite young he entered the service of the German king, Maximilian I.

  • When quite dry, stretch them on your hands.

  • Sometimes, when quite a little girl, her mother would find her crying because she felt how she had sinned against God.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "when quite" 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:
    prose literature; when alone; when applied; when attacked; when behold; when boiling; when cool; when elected; when every; when exposed; when fresh; when given; when life; when necessary; when only; when perfectly; when possible; when reduced; when standing; when subjected; when the; when they have been; when they were alone; when viewed; when well; whenever they