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How to use starchy in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective

Starchy means of or pertaining to starch. Example: “Should I prebolus or not before starchy dinners?”

Examples of starchy by meaning

adjectiveHaving the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.

  • Beds were made, the dinner-table set, and then we got into our very starchiest and most uncomfortable clothes for church.1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC

More sentences with starchy

  • Should I prebolus or not before starchy dinners?From the entry prebolus
  • The aroma and flavor resembled that of cornmeal and tasted starchy and "cobby."1945, Georgia Experiment Station, Cornell University, Bulletin. From the entry cobby
  • Starchy, ordinary pastry crust gets replaced by a flavor-packed, lower-carb (gluten-free!) veggie version in this eggsquisite quiche recipe.2017, Greta Podleski, Yum & Yummer: Ridiculously Tasty Recipes That'll Blow Your Mind, But Not Your Diet!, Kitchener, Ont.: One Spoon…. From the entry eggsquisite
  • Ricers can also be used for mashing other root vegetables, as well as starchy ones like broad (fava) beans and peas.2008, Leanne Kitchen, The Greengrocer, page 14. From the entry ricer
  • Ampesi, intensely flavored stews or soups, are eaten with fufu, a firm, starchy dumpling made from plantains or cocoyam.2007 March 30, “Street Level”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry cocoyam
  • Then he took a fearless swig of the starchy latte.2005, Jonathan DiMarco, Good Bullets Make Bad Neighbors: A Novel of Accidental Discharge, Narberth, Pa.: Zaltys Press, →ISBN, page 29. From the entry rottingly
  • In the early years of this century most Americans did not question the meaty, starchy, saladless national diet.1993, Helen Nearing, Loving and Leaving the Good Life, page 26. From the entry meaty
  • It was, in fact, the starchy stems that in some cases led to depletion of wild zamias in some regions of Florida.1997, Knut Norstog, Trevor J. Nicholls, The Biology of the Cycads, page 19. From the entry zamia
  • Dawson found enough encouragement among the starchy old Revolutionary heroes to enable him to publish a "Political and Literary Miscellany" which he called the Intelligencer.1918, A History of Indiana: From 1850 to the present, page 1101. From the entry typomania
  • Fish eyes and glue we used to call the half-cooked, large-grained, starchy tapioca without flavour that we were served every week in our residence at university.2009, Edna Staebler, Food That Really Schmecks, Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, →ISBN, page 286. From the entry tapioca

Meaning of starchy

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to starch.
  2. adjective Containing starch.
  3. adjective Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.

Full definition of starchy

Questions about starchy in a sentence

How do you use starchy in a sentence?
Starchy is used as an adjective. For example: “Should I prebolus or not before starchy dinners?”
What is a short sentence with starchy?
“Should I prebolus or not before starchy dinners?”
What does starchy mean?
Starchy means of or pertaining to starch.

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