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How to use rind in a sentence

25 example sentences · noun, verb

Rind means tree bark. Example: “Make sure you don't leave any of the rind on those lemons.”

Examples of rind by meaning

nounA hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc.

  • cheese rind; lemon rind; lime rind
  • Make sure you don't leave any of the rind on those lemons.

nounThe gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind".

  • "I'm hanged if I know how you've got the immortal rind to come at me with a yarn like this."1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 218
  • If I figured you'd have the rind to touch me that much I'd have lashed them up with a pair of braces!1939, Roy Forster, Joyous Deliverance, London: Thornton Butterworth, p. 262
  • Then one of our RAF customers had the rind to suggest that ‘you women ought to give up smoking for the duration you know’.1940, Amy Helen Bell (ed.), London Was Ours: Diaries and Memoirs of the London Blitz, 1940-1941, published 2002, Kingston, Ontario: Queen's...

More sentences with rind

  • I topped my chili with grated cheese and my mango soufflé with grated orange rind.From the entry grated
  • The sauce is flavored with pork rind and, while that's not essential, it is really sinfully delicious.2018 October 1, Francine Segan, edited by Lucy Schaeffer, Pasta Modern: New & Inspired Recipes from Italy, ABRAMS, →ISBN. From the entry toothsome
  • Smell the tart orangeyness of the rind as you peel it, slowly and with awareness.2013, Candy Paull, “Serene Spirit: Meditation and Mindfulness”, in Finding Serenity in Seasons of Stress: Simple Solutions for Difficult…. From the entry orangeyness
  • As R' Meir said, you can eat the fruit and throw away the rind.2004 November 23, Lisa, “The Fight Over The Cornerstone”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet). From the entry Chassidut
  • Pour some gelatin in, add orange juice and grated orange rind.1942, Lion’s Roar, volume II, New York, N.Y.: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, →OCLC. From the entry whipped creamless
  • With a sharp knife, remove the rind of the Manchego and slice the cheese into roughly sixteen 1⁄8-inch (3-mm) triangles.2016, Meredith Steele, Effortless Entertaining Cookbook: 80 Recipes That Will Impress Your Guests Without Stress, Page Street Publishing…. From the entry serrano
  • If the rind is perfectly white, it’s probably young; the interior will be rich and cheesecakey with a fresh, lemony taste.2013, Tenaya Darlington, Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese: A Guide to Wedges, Recipes, and Pairings, Running Press, →ISBN. From the entry cheesecakey
  • 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
  • This is larger than a grapefruit, pale green when ripe, and has thick soft rind and quite sweet flesh.2008, Martin Walters, Chinese Wildlife: A Visitor’s Guide, Bradt Travel Guides, →ISBN, page 25, →ISBN. From the entry Chinese grapefruit
  • But true caseophiles adore a washed rind, and the French, of course, are masters at producing these pungent beauties.2008, Steve Ehlers, Jeanette Hurt, “Part 2: Old World Favorites”, “Chapter 5: French Cheeses”, in The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Cheeses of…. From the entry caseophile
  • Children learned early not to throw watermelon rinds where the chickens could peck them: pecking watermelon rinds gave chickens sorehead.1977, Kathryn Tucker Windham, Southern Cooking to Remember, page 106. From the entry sorehead
  • Catch me in a trap set with old dried-up cheese rind, if you can, or any other trap, for that matter.1915, Alison Hitchcock, “In Dreamland”, in Lady Sweetheart and the Little Girl, Elmira, N.Y.: Snyder Bros., page 33. From the entry green-eyed
  • Those litty bitty potatoes browned on all sides, heavy on the pepper; snap beans seasoned with rind; yellow squash sprinkled with vinegar and sugar.2014, Toni Morrison, Beloved, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry litty bitty
  • A half-eaten round of La Turcheese, an Italian double-cream with a bloomy rind, sat on a platter with a dozen or so rice crackers.2013, Avery Aames, To Brie or Not To Brie, →ISBN. From the entry rice cracker
  • From the compost rinds and rottings, from the garbage peels, from the shadows' darkness, darkness, this guttered meal and all its redolence.c. 2009, Janice N. Harrington, Possum. From the entry rotting
  • Some people avoid goat’s milk cheeses because they taste strong or “goaty,” and these people probably should avoid washed rinds at all cost.2008, Steve Ehlers, Jeanette Hurt, “Part 2: Old World Favorites”, “Chapter 5: French Cheeses”, in The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Cheeses of…. From the entry caseophile
  • She tossed the pork rinds into the trash can and settled on some cheese puffcorn curls—not the healthiest things in the world but an improvement upon the former.2006, Peyton Mathie, chapter 27, in Hayden's Corner, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 69. From the entry puffcorn
  • The French cheese Beaufort, known as the Prince of Gruyères, is higher in butterfat than most Gruyères and has a sticky moist rind from the bacteria linens.2000, Paula Lambert, The Cheese Lover’s Cookbook and Guide: Over 150 Recipes, with Instruction on How to Buy, Store, and Serve All Your…. From the entry Gruyère
  • Though there might be slight variations in flavors, there is a sameness in virtually every snack company's line, starting with potato chips and ending with popped pork rinds.1981, Chipper Snacker: International Voice of the Potato Chip and Snack Industry, volume 38, Hanover, Pa.: Potato Chip/Snack Food…. From the entry metooism
  • We brought them such titbits from our ordinary as rinds of cheese, and morsels of gristle, and we brought them also bird's eggs, and frogs, and fledgelings.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC. From the entry titbit

Meaning of rind

  1. noun Tree bark.
  2. noun A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc.
  3. noun The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind".

Full definition of rind

Questions about rind in a sentence

How do you use rind in a sentence?
Rind is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Make sure you don't leave any of the rind on those lemons.”
What is a short sentence with rind?
“cheese rind; lemon rind; lime rind”
What does rind mean?
Rind means tree bark.

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