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How to use curry in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Curry means one of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce. Example: “Sorry, I'm a bit flatulent at the moment - just eaten some curry.”

Examples of curry by meaning

verbTo groom (a horse); to dress or rub down a horse with a curry comb.

  • I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

verbTo perform currying upon.

  • Next, we curry the avg function to 3 arguments and put it into an option.2015, Leonardo Borges, Clojure Reactive Programming, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 194

More sentences with curry

  • Sorry, I'm a bit flatulent at the moment - just eaten some curry.From the entry flatulent
  • We're going down to the Indian for a curry—wanna join us?From the entry indian
  • Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice.From the entry cube
  • This curry is too spicy for me. I can't eat it.From the entry spicy
  • I couldn't be bothered to cook, so I bought a takeaway curry.From the entry takeaway
  • We had curried fish for dinner last night.From the entry curried
  • There's not much meat in this chicken curry.From the entry not much
  • Curry has been named NBA regular season MVP twice and is an 11-time All Star.2025 March 11, Matias Grez, “Steph Curry accepts assistant general manager role at alma mater Davidson College”, in CNN. From the entry MVP
  • The flakes are great toasted and used as a garnish for curries such as korma and pasanda.2023 October 12, Dan Toombs, Curry Guy One Pot: Over 150 Curries and Other Deliciously Spiced Dishes from Around the World, Hardie Grant…. From the entry korma
  • His pandan, lemongrass, chilli padi, Thai basil and curry leaf plants—their leaves were so green, so glorious.2023, Agnes Chew, Eternal Summer of My Homeland, Epigram Books, →ISBN, page 12. From the entry chilli padi
  • Later she served the curried meal on an English blue and white flow-blue platter.2017, Lila Lee, The Lotus Blossom. From the entry burra
  • It's one of the secret ingredients that makes BIR curries what they are.2017, Dan Toombs, The Curry Guy. From the entry BIR
  • You will use it in almost all of the classic curries in this book.2017, Dan Toombs, The Curry Guy. From the entry BIR
  • This longtime West End eatery prepares chicken the way locals like it: curried, fried, jerked, and baked.2016, Fodor's Travel Guides, Fodor's Essential Caribbean, Fodor's Travel, →ISBN. From the entry jerk
  • Here is a rich, coconutty, Keralan curry that takes me back to my student days.2015, Atul Kochhar, Atul's Curries of the World, page 148. From the entry coconutty
  • But of those bold curries, butter chicken, or murgh makhani, is the richest of all.2014, Laura Siciliano-Rosen, Delhi Food and Travel Guide. From the entry murgh
  • Moroccan curried crab and streaks of minty, lemony yogurt add luxury to a supersimple zucchini soup ($14).2009 January 24, Corey Mintz, “Lunching well at Forte bistro and lounge”, in Toronto Star. From the entry Moroccan
  • Kolhapur: This region is famous for its spicy meat curries, Mahalakshmi temples and palaces.2009, Shashank R. Joshi, Jaideep Shinde, “Region-based Diets in India”, in Anoop Mishra, editor, ECAB Clinical Update: Diabetology…. From the entry chilly
  • Return flaked fish to curry gravy and bring to the boil.2007, Geok Boi Lee, Classic Asian Noodles, Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, page 158. From the entry gravy
  • Created by two friends, Piadina Slowfood makes fabulous stews, curries rolls and – of course – piadinas.2007, Viviane Stappmanns, Ewan McEoin, editors, The Melbourne Design Guide, 2nd edition, [Melbourne, Vic.]: lab.3000, →ISBN, page 274…. From the entry piadina
  • The current menu includes curried goat, rack of lamb with a pumpkinseed crust, and braised short ribs.2007 June 10, “Newcomers, End to End”, in New York Times. From the entry pumpkinseed
  • The nausea abated some, enough for her to take a few tentative sporkfuls of curry.2006 August, Mark Budz, chapter 14, in Idolon, Bantam Spectra, page 103. From the entry sporkful
  • Rice bowls topped with pork, chicken, curry or battered, fried seafood tempura are for sale everywhere.2004 June 30, John Northcott, “Stupid money”, in CBC News. From the entry suffonsified
  • The two main curries served in Rampur were the qaliya and the qorma.2001, Jahanara Habibullah, Remembrance of Days Past, page 90. From the entry qorma
  • Curry is a multi-paradigm declarative language covering functional, logic, and concurrent programming paradigms.1999, Gopalan Nadathur, Principles and Practice of Declarative Programming: International Conference, PPDP'99, Paris, France, September…. From the entry multi-paradigm
  • Unique on the menu is Okonomiyaki, or Japanese Pizza, fried thin breading with teriyaki or curry topping.1996, A. Magazine: The Asian American Quarterly, page 58. From the entry Japanese pizza
  • Zira seeds are used as an essential ingredient in all mixed spices and curry powders.1981, Processing of Fruits, Vegetables and Other Food Products (page 278). From the entry zira
  • Things like yakisoba and katsu curry are all examples of this western mixing, while omurice has both French and American influences.2026 July 26, Ammar Kalia, “‘I panic. It turns to rubber’: could I learn to make omurice, the ‘world’s hardest omelette’?”, in The…. From the entry katsu
  • You could just make the coconut rice in Melissa Clark's new recipe, flavored with scallions, cilantro and green curry paste.2023 January 13, Emily Weinstein, “What I'm Excited to Cook This Year”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry must-try
  • I love her chicken curry, chicken bharta, chicken kasha.2021, Arindam Sen, Money for Nothing, page 50. From the entry kasha
  • Usually milder and sweeter than Indian curries, classic Japanese curry is a thick beef-and-vegetable stew served over rice.2020 June 24, Kay Chun, “One-Pot Japanese Curry Chicken and Rice”, in New York Times Cooking, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry Japanese curry
  • The hot and sour curry is an aubergine version of a south Indian fish curry I often make.2013 August 2, Stevie Parle, “A meat cheat? Recipes with aubergine”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry parotta
  • No goat curries, ragus, barbecue or ribs.2013 September 17, Deidre Schipani, “Green Goat grazes on penchant for local, homestyle”, in The Post and Courier—Charleston Scene. From the entry foodista
  • Charlie thought hard about what curry looked like.2009, Hilary McKay, Charlie and the Big Birthday Bash, Scholastic Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry vegetabley
  • You get the curry in the bread with the removed square chunk, used to dunk back in the curry.2008, Steve Pike, Surfing South Africa, page 258. From the entry bunny
  • She glanced quickly at the thick meat qorma curry simmering quietly on the other stove and then rushed to the phone.2005, Shaila Abdullah, Beyond the Cayenne Wall. From the entry qorma
  • And since it’s a groomal shower, everyone will bring gifts of curry combs and body brushes,” Stevie couldn’t resist adding.1995, Bonnie Bryant, Stable Groom (The Saddle Club), RHCP Digital, published 2014, →ISBN. From the entry groomal shower
  • If she's feeling adventurous, she says, she tosses in a little curry powder to spice up the dish.1994 April 13, Karol V. Menzi, “Like it or not, mom was right about broccoli”, in The Baltimore Sun. From the entry broccoloid

Meaning of curry

  1. noun One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
  2. noun A spiced sauce or relish, especially one flavored with curry powder.
  3. noun Curry powder.

Full definition of curry

Questions about curry in a sentence

How do you use curry in a sentence?
Curry is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Sorry, I'm a bit flatulent at the moment - just eaten some curry.”
What is a short sentence with curry?
“No goat curries, ragus, barbecue or ribs.”
What does curry mean?
Curry means one of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.

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