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How to use pudding in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Pudding means any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter. Example: “We have apple pie for pudding today.”

Examples of pudding by meaning

nounAny of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter.

  • The dishes in this chapter represent a range of multiethnic savory custards and steamed puddings, including a few surprises like a chèvre popover pudding and a bread pudding with lettuce and cheese.2004, Victoria Wise, The Pressure Cooker Gourmet, page 313
  • Steamed and boiled puddings have formed the basic diet of country people in northern Europe for centuries.2004, Sarah Garland, The Complete Book of Herbs & Spices, page 199

nounA type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.

  • Steamed puddings, a favourite for winter, are both easy to make and delicious.2007, Magdaleen Van Wyk, The Complete South African Cookbook, page 265

nounDessert; the dessert course of a meal.

  • We have apple pie for pudding today.

More sentences with pudding

  • Our pudding a la mode has a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.From the entry a la mode
  • I just told her she couldn’t have any pudding until after dinner, and she went bananas!From the entry go bananas
  • He now asked her whether she had made pudding.From the entry now
  • The pudding was now ready to be served.From the entry now
  • She stirred the pudding with a spoon.From the entry stir
  • The terrine was served with black pudding bonbons.From the entry bonbon
  • Flavour was added to the pudding.From the entry flavour
  • Flavor was added to the pudding.From the entry flavor
  • I know you didn't think it was a very good product, but just look at the fantastic sales figures. That's the proof of the pudding.From the entry the proof of the pudding is in the eating
  • 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
  • She used to make choco pudding only for me whenever I went.2017, Siddharth Jayakumar, Umasree Raghunath, Simply Being Sidds!, page 180. From the entry choco
  • Or pop one in a pudding or pie filling mix for a silkier, custardier rendition.2017, Jean B. MacLeod, “Egg Yolks, Leftover”, in The Waste-Wise Kitchen Companion: Hundreds of Practical Tips for Repairing, Reusing, and…. From the entry custardy
  • Replacing milk in cereal or puddings is easy because of the dairy-free milks available today.2014, Ashley Adams, The Dairy-Free Kitchen, Fair Winds Press, →ISBN, page 15. From the entry dairy-free
  • On Christmas Day, the pudding was served piping hot, with flaming brandy on top.2011, Stephanie Owen Reeder, Amazing Grace: An Adventure at Sea, page 76. From the entry flaming
  • Rabadi is traditionally used in desserts such as a pudding with nuts (Cream Pudding).2011, Vasantha Prasad, Indian Vegetarian Cooking from an American Kitchen. From the entry rabadi
  • How I longed for the creamy pudding Mother used to make.2009, Edna Staebler, Food That Really Schmecks, Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, →ISBN, page 286. From the entry tapioca
  • The result is a sweet and spicy gingerbread pudding soaked with a sticky, buttery, brown sugary sauce.2009, Jennifer Lindner McGlinn, Gingerbread: Timeless Recipes for Cakes, Cookies, Desserts, Ice Cream, and Candy, San Francisco, Calif.…. From the entry brown sugary
  • There are any number of variants on the classic bavaroise, the most elegant of chilled puddings.2005, Joanne Harris, Fran Warde, The French Market: More Recipes from a French Kitchen, HarperCollins, published 2006, →ISBN, page 196. From the entry bavaroise
  • Banana pudding was another Elvis favorite, which he called ’naner pudding.2005, Jane Stern, Two for the Road: Our Love Affair with American Food. From the entry 'naner
  • The fancier deep-dish versions of kugel resembled bread puddings and were made almost exclusively for Chanukah.1999, William Woys Weaver, “Medieval Recipes in the Polish Style”, in Maria Dembińska, translated by Magdalena Thomas, edited by William…. From the entry kugel
  • Try spooing some chocolate pudding onto a tray, or even better, right onto the table.1996 August 15, Alex Hay, “What Are Your 4YO Doing”, in misc.kids (Usenet). From the entry spoo
  • 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
  • Wednesday — Hamburger or cheeseburger, pickle slices, buttered corn, graham crackery pudding, sliced peaches, milk.1987 August 22, “Menus”, in Urbana Daily Citizen, 149th year, number 107, Urbana, Oh., page 3, column 4. From the entry graham crackery
  • Hot butter squirted, by a quaint device, out of the bloodcoloured pudding.1985, Anthony Burgess, chapter 2, in The Kingdom of the Wicked, New York: Arbor House, pages 157–158. From the entry embuttered
  • Mom swallowed a spoonful of pudding and looked Daddy straight in the eye.1982, Sandy Asher, Just like Jenny. From the entry oink
  • A modest spoonful of rice pudding, 25, one French-fried potato (2 by ½ by ½ inches), 19½.1973, Marcia Seligson, Cosmopolitan’s Super Diets & Exercise Guide, New York, N.Y.: Cosmopolitan Books, →ISBN, page 202. From the entry french-fried potato
  • And then turkey and everything and Christmas pudding and things and crackers and balloons and all that.1972, Clement Freud, Grimble at Christmas. From the entry brown Windsor soup
  • Spotted dog is a sort of pudding, made from dough with currants embedded.1968, Bulletin - Volumes 4-6, page 76. From the entry spotted dog
  • Perhaps I looked too greedy—Grandfather threatened to throw the pudding out of the window.1965 March 25, Richard Willstätter, “My Ancestors”, in Lilli S[chwenk] Hornig, transl., edited by Arthur Stoll, From My Life: The Memoirs…. From the entry grandfather
  • They know the risks, and they will be careful not to over-egg the pudding.1960 June 22, The Earl of Arran, “The Newspapers”, in parliamentary debates (House of Lords), column 471. From the entry over-egg the pudding
  • This is an armchair criticism, and the proof of the pudding will be in the eating.1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 274. From the entry the proof of the pudding is in the eating
  • Then a salad with cheese, and then a carameled pudding with little cakes.1923 July 21, Henry McBride, “To Malcolm MacAdam”, in Steven Watson, Catherine Morris, editors, An Eye on the Modern Century: Selected…. From the entry carameled
  • " I noticed there were not many in the spotted dog pudding we had the other day."1905, Mabel Barnes-Grundy, The Vacillations of Hazel, page 173. From the entry spotted dog
  • Soup, chops, peas, French fries, and the fruit pudding–there wasn't a thing new.”1903, Lillian Pettengill, Toilers of the Home, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, page 292. From the entry french fries
  • I really love it in ice cream and pudding; if you haven't had these delicacies, do it now.2023 August 22, Emily Weinstein, “Grilled to a Char, Creamed With Coconut, Livened With Lime and Piled on Pasta”, in The New York Times…. From the entry elote
  • Make a bread and butter pudding with the bulka.2020, Aden Friedman, “[Ettie Buch] Bulkas (Cinnamon Rolls)”, in My Yiddishe Mama: A Collection of Heritage Recipes and Haimishe Stories…. From the entry bulka

Meaning of pudding

  1. noun Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter.
  2. noun A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
  3. noun A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.

Full definition of pudding

Questions about pudding in a sentence

How do you use pudding in a sentence?
Pudding is used as a noun. For example: “We have apple pie for pudding today.”
What is a short sentence with pudding?
“Flavor was added to the pudding.”
What does pudding mean?
Pudding means any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter.

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