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How to use fritter in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun, verb

Fritter means synonym of pancake, a portion of batter fried on a pan. Example: “I was supposed to do work, but I frittered around all afternoon.”

Examples of fritter by meaning

verbTo squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with...

  • I was supposed to do work, but I frittered around all afternoon.
  • He can’t figure out how to finish the paper he’s writing, so he’s resorted to frittering with the fonts.
  • It is quite possible to fritter one's life away in answer to the endless calls of others.

More sentences with fritter

  • The leisured class may produce great advances in the arts, or it may fritter away its time.From the entry leisured
  • Keep frittering money and resources away on such media for as long as you live or want.From the entry fritter away
  • Guests can also purchase apple fritters, Long Johns, bread pudding and ensaymadas.2024 July 31, “Restaurant Crawl”, in Crave (Honolulu Star-Advertiser), Honolulu, Haw., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 1. From the entry ensaymada
  • The restaurant’s croqueta, or savory fritters, are served piping hot, with a molten core.2007 February 18, “Hail to the Menus”, in New York Times. From the entry croqueta
  • I am allergic to ponchiks, the sugar-powdered Polish fritters that Ghaemi’s mother used to make.2002, Viken Berberian, chapter 2, in The Cyclist: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, published 2003, →ISBN, page 169. From the entry ponchik
  • A sopaipa is a thin fritter (or pastry) served with a type of honey.1975 January 26, Julee Stamper, Greg Bryant, “Spanish Classes Eat Out”, in Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, volume 171, number 21, Clarksville…. From the entry sopaipa
  • The spicy chutney is the preferred dipping sauce for fried foods, especially the beloved Bengali vegetable fritter, called a chop.2021 October 12, Cecily Wong, Dylan Thomas, “Pantry Staple: Mustard”, in Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide, Workman Publishing…. From the entry kasundi
  • Order the Indian Masala tea with appetizers (spicy chicken wings, vegetable kebabs or vegetable fritters) and sweet cheese balls for dessert.1994, Orange Coast Magazine, volume 20, number 11, page 24. From the entry zafrani
  • We make a fine tea of them to serve with elder blow fritters on the deck at night.1989, Cathy Johnson, The Nocturnal Naturalist: Exploring the Outdoors at Night, Chester, CT: Globe Pequot Press, page 42. From the entry elder-blow
  • These included sopaipas (fritters steeped in honey), taco salad, Spanish rice, guacamole dip, bean salad, refried beans, taco dip, and doritos.1988 January 25, Sue Mroz, “Senoras, senoritas sponsor Mexican fiesta”, in The Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, Wis., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7…. From the entry sopaipa
  • You oughtn't to serve those heavy banana fritters."1922, Sinclair Lewis, “1”, in Babbitt, page 10. From the entry punk
  • Furthermore, even well-regarded public companies have been known to fritter away their shareholders' funds in ill-timed business expansions or, as Peter Lynch has said, "diworsifications."1997, Ralph L. Block, The Essential REIT: A Guide to Profitable Investing in Real Estate Investment Trusts, San Francisco, C.A.: Brunston…. From the entry diworsification
  • Other days we simply bought salt cod fritters at a vendor's shack and washed them down with maubey, the pungent island drink.1992, Islands Magazine (volume 12, number 4, page 146). From the entry maubey
  • Soybeans can be used to make soyburgers, souffles, fritters, casseroles, soysages, soymilk, ice bean, tofu (Japanese bean curd), tempeh (Indonesian cultured soy cake), spreads, dips and soups and many more.2013, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Whole Dry Soybeans. From the entry soyburger
  • You can prepare everything before dinner, switch on the frier which is thermostatically controlled, perhaps when you serve the salad, and quickly cook the fritters while the cheese is cleared.1979, Jane Grigson, Food with the Famous, London: Michael Joseph, →ISBN, page 198. From the entry deep-frier

Meaning of fritter

  1. noun Synonym of pancake, a portion of batter fried on a pan.
  2. noun A dish made by coating various other foods in batter and frying or deep-frying them together, typically in small portions.
  3. noun A fragment; a shred; a small piece.

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Questions about fritter in a sentence

How do you use fritter in a sentence?
Fritter is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I was supposed to do work, but I frittered around all afternoon.”
What is a short sentence with fritter?
“You oughtn't to serve those heavy banana fritters."”
What does fritter mean?
Fritter means synonym of pancake, a portion of batter fried on a pan.

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