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How to use whey in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun, interjection

Whey means the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese. Example: “The mixture of whey, beetroot juice, and spirulina seems repellent to me.”

Examples of whey by meaning

interjectionA shout for attention.

  • He swayed over to the door, peered out, shouted "whey!" and came back, looking severe.1928, Ruth Manning-Sanders, Waste Corner

More sentences with whey

  • The mixture of whey, beetroot juice, and spirulina seems repellent to me.From the entry repellent
  • In the process of making whey butter,..the ‘thrustings’, or white whey, is set in ‘cream mugs’, to ‘carve’, and acidulate for churning.From the entry thrusting
  • After being salted, it was put into barrels or large makitras and covered with whey or melted butter.2022, Natalia Bondar, Tetiana Golikova, “Culinary traditions and eating patterns of various Ukrainian regions”, in Diana Bogueva, Tetiana…. From the entry makitra
  • The white meats—milk, curds, cheese, butter, whey, and buttermilk, from either sheep or cows, were important in their diet.2004, Laura Mason, “Historical Overview”, in Food Culture in Great Britain (Food Culture around the World), Westport, Conn.: Greenwood…. From the entry white meat
  • SILENUS Curds and whey and sheepflesh, sir.2001, Eurípides, Heather McHugh, David Konstan, Cyclops. From the entry sheepflesh
  • Then, during the curing, domiati is pickled in salt whey or salt milk brine for four to eight months.1982, L. Patrick Coyle, “Domiati”, in The World Encyclopedia of Food, New York, N.Y.: Facts On File, Inc., →ISBN, page 234, column 1. From the entry domiati
  • Ah'm tod, whey Ah'm tod, ye knaw.1977, Richard Adams, The Plague Dogs. From the entry tod
  • The whey proteins play a more minor role; they influence the texture of casein curds, and stabilize the milk foams on specialty coffees.2004, Harold McGee, chapter 1, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN. From the entry casein
  • The difference in absorption rate is not surprising since whey has a high percentage of indispensable amino acids, which are absorbed more rapidly than dispensable amino acids.2008, Marie Dunford, J. Andrew Doyle, Nutrition for Sport and Exercise, Thomson Wadsworth, published 2008, →ISBN, page 161. From the entry dispensable
  • All measurements were carrled out with the use of a compensation sample similar to those on the test except for the fact that whey were neither nitrided nor titanised.1984, Proceedings: International Symposium on the Calculation of Internal Stresses in Heat Treatment of Metalic Materials. From the entry titanise
  • Sugar of milk is now produced by partly chemical means from milk-whey, the product being about two and a half pounds per hundred pounds of whey.1904, “Process of Making Milk Sugar”, in The American Sugar Industry and Beer Sugar Gazette, volume 6, page 392. From the entry sugar
  • Including di skanker wid di cane cause when mi si fi him video and di comment whey dem all a come include Toya ina it like Toya was a teef.2015 July 10, Met, “TO THOSE WHO DON’T WANT TO COME HERE BUT DO (comment)”, in Jamaican Matey Groupie. From the entry skanker
  • When the money was counted and checked in the presence of the kaisonians, with whom the takings were shared, one keen singer queried the collector saying, "But whey de steamer?"1983, Raymond Quevado, Atilla's Kaiso: A Short History of Trinidad Calypso, page 39. From the entry kaisonian

Meaning of whey

  1. noun The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
  2. interjection A shout for attention.
  3. interjection A shout of enthusiasm or delight.

Full definition of whey

Questions about whey in a sentence

How do you use whey in a sentence?
Whey is used as a noun and interjection. For example: “The mixture of whey, beetroot juice, and spirulina seems repellent to me.”
What is a short sentence with whey?
“Ah'm tod, whey Ah'm tod, ye knaw.”
What does whey mean?
Whey means the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.

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