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How to use mincemeat in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun

Mincemeat means a mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies. Example: “The invading army made mincemeat out of our troops.”

Examples of mincemeat by meaning

nounA mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.

  • And not to rub salt in wounds, when it comes to making mincemeat of the competition, American Joey Chestnut is still top banana.2015 July 2, Michael Pearson, “6 things to know about hot dog king Joey Chestnut”, in CNN

nounA badly cut-up body or parts of a body.

  • Slicing up every man, woman, and child into mincemeat.2010, The Orbitology, The Book of Godom & Somorrah, →ISBN, page 29
  • This was another phenomenon for which there was no word: someone had reduced the body of another man to mincemeat.2011, Fred Vargas, An Uncertain Place, →ISBN, page 46
  • His chest and neck turned into mincemeat.2011, Scott Kenemore, Zombie, Ohio: A Tale of the Undead, →ISBN, page 228

nounSomething or someone utterly destroyed.

  • Weevil Underwood: My army of insects will make mincemeat out of you!2002 March 20, Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories (PlayStation video game, North American version), Konami
  • The American 34th, 36th Texas, lst Armored, the British, the New Zealanders, the Indians, the Poles and the French, under the brilliant General Juin; all were to be ground to mincemeat by futile attacks against this fortress.2003, Theresa Deane, 500 Days of Front Line Combat: The WWII Memoir of Ralph B. Schaps, →ISBN
  • "His exact words were: 'I think he's mincemeat by now'."2007 January 18, “Solicitor thought client was 'mincemeat'”, in The Age

More sentences with mincemeat

  • The invading army made mincemeat out of our troops.From the entry make mincemeat out of
  • He made mincemeat out of that Evelyn Walker book he took over.2016, Cathy Kelly, Secrets of a Happy Marriage, →ISBN. From the entry make mincemeat out of
  • But the government's leading watchdog agency itself made mincemeat of those arguments.2011, Martin D. Weiss, The Ultimate Money Guide for Bubbles, Busts, Recession and Depression, →ISBN. From the entry make mincemeat of
  • With all she had seen, and been through, she could make mincemeat of that little scumbag.2004, Philip Newman, Language Stone, →ISBN, page 339. From the entry make mincemeat of
  • Those two mincemeat tarts hadn't stuck to his ribs the way he'd thought they would.1990, Charlotte MacLeod, The Grub-and-Stakers Spin a Yarn (2012 Open Road edition), ch. 12 (Google preview). From the entry stick to someone's ribs
  • In England candied fruits turn up in mincemeat and nesselrode pudding.1989 December 24, Kathleen Beckett-Young, “FARE OF THE COUNTRY; Candied Fruit of Provence: Sweet Tradition”, in The New York Times, New…. From the entry nesselrode pudding
  • If you have always considered mincemeat tarts as dessert, here’s a big surprise.1963 November 20, “New Relish: Spice Up Your Turkey With Mincemeat Tarts”, in The La Crosse Tribune, volume 59, number 186, La Crosse…. From the entry mincemeaty
  • They are sprightly of flavor, completely mincemeaty, yet without the rich sweetness usually associated with mincemeat.1963 November 20, “New Relish: Spice Up Your Turkey With Mincemeat Tarts”, in The La Crosse Tribune, volume 59, number 186, La Crosse…. From the entry mincemeaty
  • What's the difference between minced meat and mincemeat???2001 August 29, Kim Brown, “this Befuddling English Language (fwd)”, in rec.crafts.textiles.needlework (Usenet), archived from the…. From the entry shlurp
  • Fwyynghns (pronounced “finnies”) turned out to be dippy little characters cursed with a nonsensic mincemeat of dialogue scooped from nursery rhymes and princess myths.1980, High Fidelity, page 30. From the entry nonsensic

Meaning of mincemeat

  1. noun A mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.
  2. noun Minced meat, mince.
  3. noun A badly cut-up body or parts of a body.

Full definition of mincemeat

Questions about mincemeat in a sentence

How do you use mincemeat in a sentence?
Mincemeat is used as a noun. For example: “The invading army made mincemeat out of our troops.”
What is a short sentence with mincemeat?
“His chest and neck turned into mincemeat.”
What does mincemeat mean?
Mincemeat means a mixture of fruit, spices and suet used as a filling for mince pies.

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