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"Pestle" in a Sentence (11 examples)
I need to buy a mortar and pestle to grind garbanzo beans for authentic hummus.
And when it had covered the face of the earth, it appeared in the wilderness small, and as it were beaten with a pestle, like unto the hoar frost on the ground.
The mortar and pestle always go together.
The best olive oil was produced by crushing olives in a mortar with a pestle.
She lost her mortar and pestle.
She ground them up with a mortar and pestle.
For a more authentic texture, use a mortar and pestle instead of a blender.
She then sat down by the fire, and carefully separated the stone from the pulp, which she burnt; and her next task was to extract the kernel, which she did by means of a heavy pestle and the hearth. The kernels were next crushed together, and placed to simmer over the furnace.
[…]whether the chopping-knife or their pestles were the better weapons
a pestle of pork
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‘Next time, boy, that you use that mortar for garlic, I will personally knock out your brain, place it in the said mortar, pestle it to a fine paste and give it to Dick Purser for feeding the dogs.’
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