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How to use stew in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Stew means a cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron. Example: “I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.”

Examples of stew by meaning

nounA brothel.

  • Although whores were permitted to sit at the door of the stew, they could not solicit in any way nor ‘chide or throw stones’ at passers-by.1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society, published 2006, page 37

nounA pool in which fish are kept in preparation for eating.

  • It was used as a stew, so that the inhabitants of the castle could have fish on Fridays, and for this reason the architects had been careful not to let the drains and sewers run into it.1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter V, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in...

nounA state of agitated excitement, worry, or confusion.

  • to be in a stew

verbTo cook (food) by slowly boiling or simmering.

  • I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.
  • The meat is stewing nicely.

nounA cloud of fine particles or droplets; dust, smoke, vapor, mist, or sea-spray.

  • The Verna swerved close, her stern kicking up a stew as she started to back up.1994, Leftare P. Delis, The Inside Passage, page 166
  • 'Johnston,' Ron shouted, 'couldn't knock the stew off a bap.'2000, Alasdair K. D. Campbell, The Nessman, page 217

nounA steward or stewardess on an airplane or boat.

  • It is our considered and combined judgement that Germans and actors share honors for being the cheapest dates a stew can accept.1967, Trudy Baker, Rachel Jones, Donald Bain (uncredited), Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses, New...
  • Dallas was also becoming known as a "stew zoo" because so many flight attendants were relocating there to work for Southwest, Braniff, and American Airlines.1992 January, Skip Hollandsworth, “Doing the Hustle”, in Texas Monthly, volume 20, number 1, →ISSN, page 52

More sentences with stew

  • There's little stew left, but we can always extend it by adding more potatoes.From the entry extend
  • Esau sold Jacob his birthright all for a bowl of lentil stew.From the entry all for
  • Here are some leftover beans and meat; we can make a good potluck stew from them.From the entry potluck
  • He stirred the campfire stew with a peeled stick, so the bark wouldn't get in it.From the entry peeled
  • She was cooking rabbit stew for dinner.From the entry rabbit
  • I can make up a batch of stew in a few minutes, but it will take a few hours to cook.From the entry make up
  • The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.From the entry penurious
  • She added a tub of margarine to the stew.From the entry tub
  • The vegetable stew had an earthy, rooty flavour.From the entry rooty
  • I'd say it's a mixture of veggies, the stewing chickens and the long cooking time that are essential to make real booyah.From the entry booyah
  • "This is what we called No Zuo No Die (stew in one's own juices)."2022 December 22, Yao Yao Zhi Xin, Give Me Your Hands and Marry Me 19 Anthology, BEIJING BOOK CO. INC., →ISBN. From the entry no zuo no die
  • The men devoured the delicious beef stew, boiled ground food and dumplings then the drinking began.2021, H. M. Hanlan, Jamaica's Plantain Tarts, & Marcus Garvey. From the entry ground food
  • I’d forgotten all about beef stew, seduced by the likes of wine-braised short ribs and fancy Bourguignon.2020 October 30, Melissa Clark, “Looking for Comfort? Turn to This Beef Stew”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry bourguignon
  • Groups sit around bonfires to burn old bankruptcy papers and share hobo stew.2017 November 17, Arlie Russell Hochschild, “In ‘Nomadland,’ the Golden Years Are the Wander Years”, in The New York Times Book Review…. From the entry hobo stew
  • Brown stew and Irish stew were among the dishes that appeared each week on the nursery menu.2014, Sam Miller, A Strange Kind of Paradise: India Through Foreign Eyes, Random House, →ISBN, page 33. From the entry brown stew
  • Thukpa is a generic Tibetan word for any soup or stew combined with noodles.2014, Lee Geok Boi, Asian Noodles, page 163. From the entry thukpa
  • The classic recipe, of course, is a venerable fish stew that originated in Marseille.2010 April, Sara Moulton, “Plenty of Poultry”, in Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 174. From the entry rouille
  • The Pork-Off, held May 3, featured the expected ribs and barbecue, along with the Filipino stew pinakbet.2009 May 13, Steven Stern, “In New York, the Taste of Victory”, in New York Times. From the entry pinakbet
  • Nori and other seaweeds can be added to stews, soups, stirfrys, rice or beans.2008, Robin Wheeler, Food Security for the Faint of Heart: Keeping Your Larder Full in Lean Times, Gabriola Island, B.C.: New Society…. From the entry stirfry
  • Unable to run around a field or court, "these golfers are stewing in their juices," he said.2007 June 12, Damon Hack, “Golf: Pressure and Stress of Waiting”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Jun 2009. From the entry stew in one's juices
  • Created by two friends, Piadina Slowfood makes fabulous stews, curries rolls and – of course – piadinas.2007, Viviane Stappmanns, Ewan McEoin, editors, The Melbourne Design Guide, 2nd edition, [Melbourne, Vic.]: lab.3000, →ISBN, page 274…. From the entry piadina
  • Why would a veal stew require four changes of pot and five separate cookings?2004, Michael Symons, A History of Cooks and Cooking, page 95. From the entry cooking
  • The high "hat" lets steam circulate, making it the ideal vessel for cooking stews.2004, Julia Weiss, transl., edited by Paolo Piazzesi, Moroccan Cooking, English edition, Florence: Casa Editrice Bonechi, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry tajine
  • Around noon, they sat down at a little table and ate bowls full of steaming oyster stew.2004 June, Romaine Stauffer, “Book One: The Dawning of the Morning (1884-1905)”, in Annie’s Day of Light, 2nd edition, Morgantown, Pa.…. From the entry bowl full
  • They eat stews made with carrots and onions and potatoes and dumplings.2001, Rita Golden Gelman, “New Zealand via Bali”, in Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World, 1st paperback edition, New…. From the entry bloke
  • Sounds are also fried by codfishing peoples, or cooked in chowders or stews.1998, Mark Kurlansky, Cod: A Biography Of The Fish That Changed The World, Vintage Canada, page 34. From the entry codfishing
  • He smelled of the sausagey stew we’d all had for dinner.1997 fall, Alexandra Shelley, “Suspended Animation”, in Confrontation […], number 62/63, Brookville, N.Y.: Long Island University, →ISSN…. From the entry sausagey
  • We had spoken briefly before dinner, just as Willy’s Christmas rigatoni were seeping up the stew sauce.1993, Camilla T. Crespi [pseudonym; Camilla Trinchieri], chapter 16, in The Trouble with Thin Ice, New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, →ISBN…. From the entry rigatoni
  • The wonderful smells of vegetable goatmeat stew and baked bread filled the house.1992, Lucy M. Dobkins, Daddy, There's a Hippo in the Grapes, Pelican, published 1992, →ISBN, page 59. From the entry goatmeat
  • Halflings look upon other demihuman and humanoid races as stock for the stew pot.1991, Roger E. Moore, Dragon Magazine, TSR, →ISBN. From the entry demihuman
  • A person filled with gumption doesn't sit around dissipating and stewing about things.1974, Robert M[aynard] Pirsig, chapter 26, in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, New York, N.Y.: William…. From the entry gumption

Meaning of stew

  1. noun A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
  2. noun A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
  3. noun A brothel.

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Questions about stew in a sentence

How do you use stew in a sentence?
Stew is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I'm going to stew some meat for the casserole.”
What is a short sentence with stew?
“The meat is stewing nicely.”
What does stew mean?
Stew means a cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.

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