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How to use pretzel in a sentence

21 example sentences · noun, verb

Pretzel means a toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot. Example: “They discovered a snake pretzelled into knots.”

Examples of pretzel by meaning

nounA toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.

  • Then they flew down into the street and simply raved over a stale pretzel, ten days dead.1918, Gelett Burgess, Ain't Angie Awful!, Chapter 8

nounAnything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled.

  • he drew himself up into a regular pretzel of a boy1901, Alice Hegan Rice, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch/Chapter 6, Chapter 6

verbTo bend, twist, or contort.

  • They discovered a snake pretzelled into knots.

More sentences with pretzel

  • Shape the dough into a pretzel. For my art project, I plan to shape my clay lump into a bowl.From the entry shape
  • Mary would flatten the dough before rolling it into pretzels.From the entry flatten
  • “Ooh, are you filling those?” Eddie nodded to the pretzel bowls in my hand.2011, Elise Allen, Populazzi, Harcourt, published 2011, →ISBN, page 347. From the entry guac
  • They were crunchy as pretzels with a maizy taste that was bread-crummy at first and then sweet.2006, Adam Green, Satsuma Sun-mover, Lazy Gramophone Press, →ISBN, page 96. From the entry maizy
  • They’re like pretzels with a hint of Ritz-cracker flavor thrown in.1997 May 22, Lorrie Guttman, “‘Pretzel experience’?”, in Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, Fla., page 1D. From the entry crackery
  • Pretzels should not be purchased or consumed anywhere.2017, Josh Scherer, The Culinary Bro-Down Cookbook, Grand Central Publishing. From the entry Ned Flanders
  • 'I am an expert of apfelstrudel, pretzels and prinzregententorte!'2015, Clémentine Beauvais, The Royal Bake Off. From the entry prinzregententorte
  • Additional products include pretzels, regular and cheese puffcorn, cheese curls, corn chips, tortilla chips, pork rinds and salsa dip.2010, Food & Beverage Market Place, Grey House Publishing, volume 1, 1127. From the entry puffcorn
  • He snacked on fat-free pretzels and whole-grain crackers.2009, Diane Kress, The Metabolism Miracle. From the entry superlean
  • “Don't get your panties in a pretzel, darling.2008, Susan Goodwill, Little Shop of Murders, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 13. From the entry get one's panties in a pretzel
  • These thicker pretzels have an unpleasant, overbaked flavor.1997 May 22, Lorrie Guttman, “‘Pretzel experience’?”, in Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, Fla., page 1D. From the entry crackery
  • Pretzels are a personal taste, and everyone has their favorite.1984, Suzanne Munshower, The Status Shopper’s Guide to the Big Pretzel, Reading, PA., Outlet Capital of the World, Wyomissing, Pa.…. From the entry munchy
  • “Tradesies for that bag of pretzels.”2022, Cat Wynn, Partner Track, Carina Press, →ISBN. From the entry tradesies
  • The humble pretzel, mainstay of the local bar and the rec-room party, can now ascend to fancy-shmancier surroundings, thanks to these delicious chocolate-painted goodies.2009 June, “The O List”, in O, The Oprah Magazine, volume 10, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 55. From the entry fancy-shmancy
  • The smell of chestnuts and pretzels and sauerkrauty steam pouring out of Sabrett’s; the clip-clop of horse-drawn carriages; the bells of Salvation Army Santas.1982, K. C. Cole, Between the Lines: Searching for the Space Between Feminism and Femininity and Other Tight Spots, Garden City, N.Y.…. From the entry sauerkrauty
  • It is somehow reassuring to know that the machines can make mistakes—they mistwist, or drop, or otherwise foul up about five pretzels in every hundred.1958, Atkinson's Evening Post and Philadelphia Saturday News, page 96. From the entry mistwist
  • Rosemary, brown bosom, flaming dress, flashing ring, high-heeled vigorously over Crabbe's large drawing-room as the sun set setting out nuts and pretzels, perking up nodding flowers.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 482. From the entry high-heel
  • It was fantastic, peasants dancing and schuhplattling, vast women carrying pretzels and beer, a ship, a beerhouse, crowds of gay, laughing people, animals . . .1936, Henry Channon, diary; quoted in Duff Hart-Davis, “Entertainments”, in Hitler’s Games: The 1936 Olympics, New York, N.Y.: Harper &…. From the entry schuhplattle

Meaning of pretzel

  1. noun A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.
  2. noun Anything that is knotted, twisted, or tangled.
  3. verb To bend, twist, or contort.

Full definition of pretzel

Questions about pretzel in a sentence

How do you use pretzel in a sentence?
Pretzel is used as a noun and verb. For example: “They discovered a snake pretzelled into knots.”
What is a short sentence with pretzel?
““Tradesies for that bag of pretzels.””
What does pretzel mean?
Pretzel means a toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.

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