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Example sentences for "when wanted"

  • When wanted, they are soaked in cold water for a few minutes, and washed.

  • When wanted warm, if made previously, set it on a moderate fire, in a tin or crockery kettle.

  • When wanted dried, place them in a pan in a slow oven with the door open, and turn them occasionally.

  • When wanted, mix it with water to about the consistency of plaster.

  • When wanted, warm a little of it; pour it upon the spots, and after it has been on them for a few minutes, scour it off with warm water and soap, as it is apt to discolor the boards when left too long on them.

  • Of this paste, when wanted, mix a small portion, about the size of an egg, in a pint of spring water, and strain it through a napkin.

  • When wanted to serve, heat 1 pint of broth, add 2 tablespoonfuls of cream to yolks of 2 eggs.

  • They are rather expensive to buy, and we country housewives cannot always procure them when wanted, and they may be made at home with a small amount of labor and less expense.

  • When wanted to cook, take from the vinegar and put in a stew-pan containing a little hot fried-out suet or drippings in which has been sliced 2 onions.

  • When wanted to line pie-tins, cut pieces off one end of the roll of dough and roll out lightly.

  • When wanted, sponge the silk with this preparation.

  • Into two pennyworth of oil of vitriol mix two pennyworth of the best indigo in powder; let it stand a day or two; when wanted shake it well, and into a quart of boiling water put one tablespoonful of the liquid.

  • The white of an egg, well beaten with quicklime, and a small quantity of very old cheese, forms an excellent substitute for cement, when wanted in a hurry, either for broken china or old ornamental glassware.

  • When wanted, warm it very quickly, and add half a gill of cream; put the pieces into the purée and serve; it must not be too thick.

  • When wanted warm it quickly or it will turn yellow; if too thick moisten with a little milk.

  • When wanted stir it over the fire until quite hot.

  • When wanted to draw, lay the pattern on the back of the black paper, and go over it with the point of a steel pencil.

  • Continue to earth up celery, and cover some endive with a good quantity of peas straw, as it is growing, that it may be taken up when wanted, and be preserved from the winter's frost.

  • When wanted, put a spoonful or two into some milk; boil it with sugar, and mill it well.

  • When wanted, lay it in a basin, and cover it with warm water for a few minutes before you use it.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "when wanted" 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:
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