How to Use to a crisp in a Sentence

to a crisp

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  • There was no fire this time, but the Twinkies were charred to a crisp.
    — Mike Baker, New York Times, 29 May 2024
  • Much of the home was gutted, and both Teslas were burned to a crisp.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Slices of duck breast were placed in the center, their skin and fat rendered to a crisp.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Armand dragging him back inside from the brink of death, and the pain of his being burnt to a crisp.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 June 2024
  • The wings are cooked to a crisp, and marinated with a blend of chili, garlic and ginger.
    — Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
  • There are, unfortunately, a lot of things a torch can burn to a crisp.
    — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The lamb skewers, marinated and seared to a crisp crust.
    — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
  • Burnt to a crisp, Spear can barely mutter Mira's name one last time.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Despite some heroic efforts with garden hoses, the F40 burned to a crisp.
    — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
  • An air fryer is one of the fastest, easiest and least messy way of sizzling chicken wings to a crisp.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Unfortunately, the first noble to try to mount one of these dragons burned to a crisp.
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 29 July 2024
  • And more importantly, Derek’s tortillas have burnt to a crisp.
    — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Of course, plenty is still allowed, because no one wants beachgoers to get burned to a crisp.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 May 2024
  • The next day, Viserys, all sores and onion skin, is bandaged up and put together like Darth Vader after he was burned to a crisp.
    — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The Airwrap, the first of its kind, dries and styles simultaneously without burning your hair to a crisp.
    — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Slow cook chili or soup, bake delicious bread to a crisp, and braise meat to fall-off-the-bone tenderness using this heavyweight cocotte.
    — Kennedy Vogel, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Grasses and sagebrush that had previously greened in spring rains dried to a crisp and stayed that way, a perfect buffet of fuel for a blaze to feast on.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The intense heat of the southern sun can be harsher and burn plants to a crisp, especially if not watered on a daily basis.
    — Danielle Ernest, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The car was burned to a crisp after Cerveny had painstakingly restored the 17-foot-long two-seater to concours condition.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Whole flounder is fried to a crisp, deboned and delivered to the table with a flotilla of fresh herbs, woven rice noodles and lettuce to accompany the snowy fish.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Imported fresh from Spain, the sardines are marinated in vinegar, coriander and cumin, then dredged in spiced flour and fried to a crisp, with sour orange and onions.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
  • And yet, as a giant nuclear reactor, the sun insists on bombarding us with energy that, left unchecked, could burn all of us to a crisp.
    — Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Responders battled flames licking dozens of feet into the air in the early morning hours as the structure, which also housed a Denny's restaurant, burnt to a crisp.
    — Dan Carson, Chron, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Similar to a crisp with baked fruit and a crumbly topping, a crunch sandwiches a layer of jammy fruit between two buttery layers.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 2 July 2023
  • Instead, the likes of Jimmie Allen and Arooj Aftab looked with confusion beyond the velvet rope to a packed pool of bachelorette and birthday revelers all burning to a crisp in the barely shaded grotto.
    — Shirley Halperin, Variety, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Laughing, always laughing—at the dickey birds hopping in the tree branches, at the urchin who was burned to a crisp by an angry mob, at the slandering neighbor woman who got turned into a neighing donkey.
    — Okwiri Oduor, Harper's Magazine, 15 June 2022
  • Laughing, always laughing—at the dickey birds hopping in the tree branches, at the urchin who was burned to a crisp by an angry mob, at the slandering neighbor woman who got turned into a neighing donkey.
    — Okwiri Oduor, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • Abnormally high levels of snow and rain in spring and summer had nurtured abundant 4-foot grasses that baked to a crisp during a historically dry fall.
    — Jennifer Oldham, ProPublica, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Another rising — and legitimate — fear among young people is bringing children into a violent world that is burning to a crisp.
    — Katha Pollitt, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • Other scientists found that the gases also deplete the ozone layer, the very thing protecting all life on Earth from being sizzled to a crisp by unmitigated solar radiation.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024

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