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How to use froth in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Froth means foam. Example: “Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.”

Examples of froth by meaning

nounFoam.

  • Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.
  • Froth or scum at the paper machine consists largely of clay, rosin, and starch.1907, Clayton Beadle, Chapters on Papermaking, page 71
  • Shortly after we started, while still off the lower end of the island, we sighted a steep point on the coast where the sea was in a great state of turmoil, white with soapy froth.1922, Hugh Lofting, “8”, in The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

nounUnimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel.

  • Thousands of African children die each day: why do the newspapers continue to discuss unnecessary showbiz froth?
  • The discussion at the conference was mostly froth and posturing.
  • The efficiency goal forces management to consider the real business over many years and not just the froth business that lasts a few years.2002, Clive Reading, Strategic Business Planning, page 149

nounThe idle rich.

  • Voltaire says that the population of England is like her ale: at the top there is nothing but froth; at the bottom there is nothing but dregs; but between these extremes all is excellent.1908, Lionel Arthur Tollemache, Old and Odd Memories, page 104

nounHighly speculative investment.

  • Efforts of this kind, spurred on to fever heat by tax incentives can only generate inflationary froth - not real hard investment.1966, United States Congress House Committee on Ways and Means, Legislative History of H.R. 17607, 89th Congress, page 1329
  • There are very clearly signs of late-cycle froth in financial markets, everything from equities, to corporate credit, and real estate, especially in the US and, as a result, the risk of an overdue correction rises by the day.2019, Joe Valente, Random Notes From A World Gone Wrong, page 86
  • Froth is what agitates and powers the market, and there are six catalysts that have accelerated market froth, as shown in figure I.2.2022, Kelly J. Frank, To the Moon Investing, page 5

verbTo create froth in (a liquid).

  • I like to froth my coffee for ten seconds exactly.
  • The name comes from the way the apples are roasted until they split open, and their pulp froths over the skin; this is used to float on top of the bowl of drink.2024 September 6, Ceri Sullivan, “Shakespeare’s Will, Lambswool, and Puck’s Joke”, in Notes and Queries, volume 71, number 4, Oxford...

verb(of a liquid) To bubble.

  • English beer, along with European brews, is already the subject of an EEC investigation to determine whether additives like stabilizers (used to prevent frothing during shipment) should be allowed.1973 February 19, “Black Day in Brussels”, in Time

verb(literally) To spew saliva as froth; (figuratively) to rage, vent one's anger.

  • As doctors tried in vain to save April's right eye, news stories frothed at her assailant.1962 April 25, “Riding Crime's Crest”, in Time

verbTo cover with froth.

  • A horse froths his chain.

More sentences with froth

  • She was almost frothing at the mouth when she heard about the cost of the car repairs.From the entry froth at the mouth
  • Frothing at the mouth and threatening expulsion, Coach relentlessly drove the team to more laps of the pitch.From the entry drive
  • Whip the egg white into a bubbly froth.From the entry bubbly
  • The frothing sensation bubbled him all over, a boiling without heat or any sound or light.2011, Tim O’Brien, Northern Lights, page 201. From the entry bubble
  • Its casing was packed solid with a yellow-white froth of ant eggs and larvae.2010, Steve Ringwood, Astronomers Anonymous. From the entry antish
  • Honeygirl was nearly frothing; she was almost as panicked as Mojito in the next stall.2009, Allison Leigh, Valentine's Fortune, Silhouette, →ISBN, page 186. From the entry honeygirl
  • The froth bubbling on, at the surface, is merely the run of the cotton, soft and unsubstantiate.2007, S. S. Prabhakar Rao, The Golden Bouquet, page 269. From the entry unsubstantiate
  • She saw big yellow teeth, and white froth, mixed with apple bits, bubbling out.2004, Mike Barnes, Contrary angel, page 132. From the entry gnashingly
  • The bubbling produced a froth with would overflow the glass unless you drank quickly.1996 March 22, Ted Statham, “Re: Pan Galactic Gargleblaster”, in alt.fan.douglas-adams (Usenet). From the entry slarmied
  • He was so excited, he was almost frothing at the mouth.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer. From the entry froth at the mouth
  • Frothing at the mouth is a frequent symptom in speech about Romanists.1921 July 21, L.C. Barnes, “Antidotes for Romaphobia”, in The Watchman-Examiner: A National Baptist Paper, volume 9, number 29, page 919. From the entry Romaphobia
  • If you beat an egg white until a froth forms on the surface, the clear liquid below the froth is glair.2021, Hana Videen, The Wordhord, Profile Books, published 2022, page 65. From the entry glair
  • 'He'd be frothing at the mouth after he'd finished.2018, Paul Amy, Fabulous Fred: The Strife and Times of Fred Cook, Melbourne Books, →ISBN. From the entry spray
  • I nodded to Mary, where she was working the frothing machine like she’d been barista-ing for much longer than a month.2015, Kate Rorick, Rachel Kiley, The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet, Touchstone, →ISBN, page 95. From the entry barista
  • Lots of froth, please,’ Margaret says to the waiter.2000, Finola Moorhead, “the spaces beneath”, in Darkness More Visible, Spinifex Press, →ISBN, book two (motherhood), page 181. From the entry mugachino
  • It grows in the woods; when you beat the berry it froths up and has a queer bitter taste.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 20, in Klee Wyck. From the entry froth up
  • For decades, they have been working their voters into frothing hysteria over the need to protect the unborn from abortionists and their Democratic protectors.2022 May 10, Alex Shephard, “With Roe, the GOP Is the Dog that Caught the Car”, in The New Republic, archived from the original on 13 Jul…. From the entry dog that caught the car
  • When all was ready, the commandos boarded a fol-boat alongside in the sea froth, then loaded the gear, explosives and automatic weapons.2018 November 5, John J. Tkacik, Jr., “Stars and Stripes over Pratas Island”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2020. From the entry Tungsha
  • Pundits and odd and assorted talking heads and radio voices all got the vapors and tsk-tsk-tsked and cluck-clucked themselves into a froth.2016 December 4, Paul Jenkins, “Flag-burning is ugly – but still protected speech”, in Anchorage Daily News. From the entry tsktsk
  • In the pool, something is poking up out of the whip-creamy froth: a black nose, a long snout, a flat head, two tufted ears.2008, Ysabeau S. Wilce, Flora’s Dare: How a Girl of Spirit Gambles All to Expand Her Vocabulary, Confront a Bouncing Boy Terror, and Try…. From the entry whip-creamy
  • Alice Lon, the featured soloist and "Champagne Lady," is spry and pretty, with an embraceably slim waist and gleaming legs under a froth of petticoats.1956, The American Magazine, volumes 161-162, page 102. From the entry embraceably
  • She was beating something in a pail, beating it with her hands; her arms were blobbed with pink froth to the elbows.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 20, in Klee Wyck. From the entry blob
  • She put her hand on the arm of her careworn, sallow father, and frothing her light draperies, proceeded over the eternal red carpet.1920, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 1, in Women in Love, New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, published 1996, page 14. From the entry sallow
  • Baristas recommend serving dalgonas over ice with a splash of milk, which dilutes your coffee and gives a beautiful contrast between the pale milk and dark froth.2023 July 22, Laura Honey, “I tried the TikTok-viral dalgona coffee trend: a barista’s thoughts”, in Homes & Gardens, archived from the…. From the entry dalgona
  • The hot and heady New England tavern concoction called flip was slightly sweet, rum, ale and spice beverage heated to a caramelized froth with the wrought iron flip dog.2015, Elyse Moore, “Flip Dog in the Shad House: Commercial Fisheries Markets and Tavern Culture at Hadley Falls 1730-1880”, in Mark…. From the entry flip dog

Meaning of froth

  1. noun Foam.
  2. noun Unimportant or insubstantial talk, events, or actions; drivel.
  3. noun The idle rich.

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Questions about froth in a sentence

How do you use froth in a sentence?
Froth is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Froth is a very important feature of many types of coffee.”
What is a short sentence with froth?
“A horse froths his chain.”
What does froth mean?
Froth means foam.

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