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Example sentences for "soak"

Lexicographically close words:
snuggles; snuggling; snugly; snugness; soakage; soaked; soaker; soaking; soaks
  1. Let soak for a few hours for faster cooking.

  2. Remove the seeds, membrane and stem end from the peppers and soak in salt water.

  3. PRUNE WHIP Wash a half pound of prunes and soak them over night.

  4. Soak the bread crumbs in the milk for fifteen minutes, then add the salt and pepper.

  5. Wash, pick beans over, cover with cold water and let soak over night.

  6. SOUSE Clean pigs’ feet and ears thoroughly, and soak them a number of days in salt and water; boil them very tender and split open.

  7. ROYAL BEER Small Percentage of Alcohol, Large Percentage of Extracts PORK AND BEANS Soak one quart white beans over night in cold water.

  8. Soak 1 cake of yeast in a cup of warm water.

  9. Once let it in and it would soak through his thoughts right into the memory he was trying to avoid.

  10. The walls will soak up light from your glow lamp.

  11. If you've made a soak out o' him, pilgrim Ross, I'm coming right back here and perforate you without no further warning.

  12. He seemed to soak up the raw red liquid as a sponge soaks up water.

  13. It signifies that the philosophies soak down into literature; it signifies that the hour is at hand, since the idea incarnates itself involuntarily in the form; it signifies that the fourth estate is mounting, that justice is near.

  14. He watched, fascinated, feeling it soak in; then, finally, his manhood broke.

  15. It would soak through to the baby's scalp.

  16. Potato-scab:--Plant on new ground; soak the seed in solution prepared as directed under No.

  17. If the season proves very dry, occasionally soak the heap through.

  18. Fill in with at least four inches--better six --of good garden soil containing plenty of humus, that it may allow water to soak through readily.

  19. Take a strip of blotting paper, dip one end in water, and watch the moisture run up hill, soak up through the blotter.

  20. That on the surface evaporates first, and that which has soaked in begins to soak in through the soil to the surface.

  21. The angry water gathered together in columns and swept in and up to soak us.

  22. The rain outside vied with the sweat within as to which would first soak us through.

  23. Beware of dust in your varnish brush, and take care that you soak it for half a day before using it, else the hairs will come out on your work and ruin it.

  24. To get the veneer off whole, soak it in warm water for a few minutes.

  25. It will be necessary to soak ebony, for instance, for some time before you want to use it.

  26. Cut the bread crumb into pieces and soak in cold milk.

  27. Soak the gelatin in cold water a few minutes, add the meat stock or water and stir until the gelatin is thoroughly dissolved.

  28. Soak the gelatin in two tablespoons cold water, and add the hot vegetable mixture.

  29. Add the water and allow them to soak for three hours or longer.

  30. Soak the gelatin in cold water five minutes.

  31. Wash carefully again, and soak ten minutes in salted water.

  32. If the tongue is very salty, soak in cold water for two hours.

  33. In two or three days soak the ball with rain or warm water.

  34. Soak the ball, if necessary, for twenty minutes.

  35. Soak a cotton wick in a strong solution of salt and water, dry it, place it in a spirit lamp, and, when lit, it will give a bright yellow light for a long time.

  36. Soak any part of a plant in nitric acid for a short space of time, and all power of cohesion will be lost by the vessels, which will become transparent, and be easily separable from each other by gentle dissection.

  37. Soak a piece of thread in urine, or common salt and water.

  38. Put a little ether into a bottle of caoutchouc, close it tightly, soak it in hot water, and it will become inflated to a considerable size.

  39. I cut that grass, I weed those flower beds in the evening when I come home from the office; and every Saturday afternoon I take the hose and thoroughly soak that bit of lawn there, you may see me at it any week in the summer.

  40. We're going to soak blankets, and lay all over the top.

  41. And still I rowed hard, with the perspiration streaming down to soak me.

  42. Soak the paper in a strong solution of Alum, then dry before applying the above.

  43. Take your picture or print and soak it for a short time in a weak solution of Caustic Potash, then remove it carefully, and let it dry on a sheet of clean paper.

  44. Allow twelve ounces of Gelatine to soak for a few hours in water, until it has absorbed as much as it can, then apply heat, by which it will liquify.

  45. Bruise a sufficient quantity of Isinglass, and let it soak in a little warm water for twenty-four hours.

  46. Soak the Glue over night in a small quantity of cold water, then melt it by heat over a salt water bath, stir until froth begins to rise, then add and stir in briskly the Molasses previously heated.

  47. Take good clear pale yellow Glue, break it into rather small pieces, and let it soak a few hours in cold water.

  48. Put the clothes to soak over night and rinse in the morning.

  49. Soak Plaster of Paris in a solution of Alum, bake it in an over, and then grind it to a powder.

  50. When wanted for use, soak the slices in tepid water for some hours.

  51. Soak the caps in this mixture twenty minutes.

  52. The excellence of this pudding depends on there being plenty of syrup to soak the bread thoroughly.

  53. Soak in a small jar the contents of a tin of Nelson's Extract of Meat in rather less than a gill of cold water.

  54. Nelson's Gelatine being cut very fine will soak in about an hour, but whenever possible it is desirable to give it a longer time.

  55. But this is not correct, and it is not at all necessary to soak macaroni.

  56. Soak half-an-ounce of Nelson's Gelatine in a gill of cold water, dissolve it in a stewpan with one or two ounces of sugar, according as the jelly is required sweet or otherwise.

  57. Soak an ounce of Nelson's Gelatine in half-a-pint of milk, dissolve it in a pint of boiling milk with a quarter of a pound of lump sugar.

  58. Take one ounce of Nelson's Patent Gelatine, soak for twenty minutes in half-a-pint of cold water, then dissolve.

  59. When convenient, it is a good plan to put Gelatine to soak over-night.

  60. There is no need to soak the stamps off the envelope paper: they must merely be cut out cleanly and threaded together.

  61. Put the leaves in a big earthenware dish or pan, fill it with rain-water, and stand it in a warm and sunny place--the purpose of this being to soak off the green pulpy part.

  62. Soak the sucker in water until it is soft, and then press it carefully over a big smooth stone, or anything else that is smooth, so that no air can get in.

  63. At bedtime, place the seeds in a half-pint mason jar, cover with a square of plastic window screen held on with a strong rubber band, soak the seeds overnight, and then drain them first thing in the morning.

  64. If the earth is getting dry by this date, soak the seed overnight before sowing and furrow down to moist soil.

  65. Wash six table-spoonfuls of pearl sago and put it to soak in a large pint of warm water.

  66. Procure those which are just caught; soak them an hour or two in a plenty of water, in order that the scales may be easily taken off.

  67. Wash them in perfectly clean water; and if the color comes out, soak them until the water is clear, even if it should require two or three days, changing the water twice a day.

  68. Wash a piece of salt cod as large as your hand, and soak it in warm water over night.

  69. Soak a cup of tapioca in a pint of cold water over night; then boil it in a pint of milk with a little salt.

  70. Take fresh, hard peppers, soak them in salt and water nine days, changing the brine each day.

  71. Fry three or four slices of salt pork, soak a dozen hard crackers, cut up four or five onions.

  72. Soak them half an hour in a good deal of water, to take out the blood.

  73. It is very well to soak the bread in the milk over night; then the entire crust becomes soft, and mixes well with the other ingredients.

  74. Take a pint of split peas, and when carefully picked over and washed, put them into a pint of water to soak over night.

  75. Do not wash the tapioca, as the fine powder is the nicest part; but pick it over carefully, and soak it over night in half of the milk.

  76. Wash them in two or three waters, and put them to soak in rather more water than will cover them, as they absorb a great deal.

  77. And Max coming to the rescue by dropping his watch in his glass of water, and creating a diversion and giving everybody an opportunity to laugh by saying not to mind, it had been in soak before.

  78. We can put them to soak tonight," she confided to me, "and tomorrow they will be quite simple to do.

  79. They then hang up the mass to putrefy in a bag, and in the drippings of this bag they soak their arrowheads.

  80. Such a method will seem rather revolutionary to those who have been accustomed to soak peas over night, but a single trial is all that is needed to convince the most sceptical.

  81. Soak in salted cold water for a time, trim neatly and cook till tender--about half-an-hour in fast boiling water containing a little salt and lemon juice.

  82. It might thus be put on to soak in the morning, then put on to steam in the evening, or it might be put in covered jar in the oven all night.

  83. Soak gelatine in cold water for at least an hour.

  84. Wash and trim the celery into short lengths and allow to soak in vinegar and water for an hour or so before cooking.

  85. Allow to soak for an hour, remove onion, add pinch salt, &c.

  86. Bring milk to boil, pour over the "Provost" Nuts, and soak till cool.

  87. Soak in cold water and rinse very well to remove all grit, &c.

  88. Let soak for a little, then press out as much moisture as possible.

  89. Put the yeast to soak in 1/4 cupful of warm water and let it dissolve.

  90. Then add the water and soak 8 to 10 hours, or overnight.

  91. In the case of figs, soak them in hot water for 1/2 hour and then cut them into small pieces.

  92. Fillet a brace of woodcock, soak them in salad oil seasoned with black pepper, some cloves, and a pounded head of garlic.

  93. Let the grouse soak in this for three days, turning them two or three times daily, and pouring the marinade over them.

  94. Let the pieces of rabbit soak in this for two hours, then take them out, dredge them well over with flour, and throw them into boiling fat till of a nice golden colour.

  95. Divide a large cabbage into quarters, soak them after cutting off the stalks, plunge them into boiling water and boil for about ten minutes.


  96. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "soak" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    alcoholic; bang; bash; bat; bathe; belt; binge; bleed; bloat; booze; brew; brewing; bum; busy; choke; clap; clip; clobber; clout; clump; concentrate; crack; cram; crowd; cut; dash; deal; deck; deluge; distill; douche; douse; drench; drenching; drink; drown; drumhead; drunk; drunkard; engage; engross; exploit; express; fetch; fleece; flush; gargle; glut; gorge; gouge; guzzle; hit; imbibe; imbrue; imbue; immerse; impregnate; impregnation; inebriate; infiltrate; infiltration; infuse; infusion; inject; injection; jag; jam; knock; lap; lave; lush; macerate; nip; occupy; orgy; overburden; overcharge; overload; overtax; overweight; pack; paste; percolate; percolation; permeate; permeation; plunk; poke; prepossess; profiteer; punch; quaff; refine; render; rinse; rummy; satiate; saturate; saturation; screw; seethe; seething; sip; skin; slam; slug; sluice; smack; smite; snap; soak; soaker; soaking; sock; sodden; sop; sopping; sot; souse; splash; sponge; squeeze; steep; stew; stick; sting; strike; stuff; submerge; sup; surcharge; surfeit; swat; swig; swill; swindle; swipe; thump; thwack; tipple; tope; wallop; wash; wassail; wet; whack; wham; whop; wring


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    soak over; soak them