stewed; stewing; stews
: to boil slowly or with simmering heat
1
: to become cooked by stewing
2
: to swelter especially from confinement in a hot or stuffy atmosphere
3
: to be in a state of suppressed agitation, worry, or resentment
Examples of stew in a Sentence
Noun (1)
many in town are in a stew about the proposed plan to close at least one of the elementary schools
the audience went into a stew when the evacuation order was announced
the documentary looks at the stew of conspiracy theories inspired by the assassination
a red-light district full of down and dirty stews
Verb
The meat still needs to stew.
a can of stewed tomatoes
She's been stewing over what he said for days.
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Christina Pérez, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
From Filipino Restaurant Month in April to Filipino Heritage Month in June, there would be colorful clothes, folk dances and traditional food like crispy lumpia, marinated and grilled pork belly, and beef stew.
—Claire Rush and Gene Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
How to create a worry window of your own
The first step, quite simply, is setting aside 10 to 15 minutes every day to stew.
—Julia Ries, SELF, 26 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The bulb can be used like traditional garlic; either raw in salad dressing or chopped and cooked to flavor risottos, soups, stews, pasta dishes, and vegetables.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
From Filipino Restaurant Month in April to Filipino Heritage Month in June, there would be colorful clothes, folk dances and traditional food like crispy lumpia, marinated and grilled pork belly, and beef stew.
—Claire Rush and Gene Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
They were left standing and stewing in awkward silence during an early Michael Malone timeout three minutes into an unusual Nuggets game on Wednesday night.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2025
How to create a worry window of your own
The first step, quite simply, is setting aside 10 to 15 minutes every day to stew.
—Julia Ries, SELF, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stew
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“Stew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stew. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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