How to Use bay leaf in a Sentence

bay leaf

noun

• Add a bay leaf and the zested, juiced lemon halves to the pot.
  — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2021
• Add the bay leaf, 1 1/2 cups water, and a pinch of salt.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2021
• Sauté about 5 seconds and throw in the thyme and bay leaf.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020
• Add a bay leaf and half an onion and set the pot over high heat.
  — Beth Dooley, Star Tribune, 5 Aug. 2020
• Add the milk and the bay leaf and stir well with a whisk to break up any lumps and smooth the sauce.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2021
• Stir in beans, chile flakes, bay leaves, bread and stock.
  — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2018
• Add the sage, rosemary, bay leaves and white wine and turn up the heat to high.
  — ExpressNews.com, 11 Sep. 2019
• Use a clove to pin a bay leaf to the rounded side of each onion half.
  — David Tanis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
• Add the bay leaves and the cinnamon stick and swirl around a few times.
  — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2017
• New Year’s Eve, steam the new year in a pot of water with a bay leaf.
  — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 8 July 2020
• When the hominy has cooked for 1 hour, add the meats, onion, garlic, bay leaf, and cumin.
  — Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 15 Nov. 2023
• Add the potatoes, thyme, bay leaf, 1 cup of chicken stock and the salt.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
• Top with the bay leaves, then scatter half the cilantro, thyme sprigs, and chopped jalapeño over that.
  — House Beautiful, 28 Aug. 2010
• Add onions, a good pinch of salt, pepper and bay leaf or thyme.
  — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 5 June 2019
• Add the bay leaf and white wine and increase heat to medium-high.
  — Sarah Fritsche, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2018
• Then add in the bay leaf, and simmer for about 10-15 minutes.
  — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2021
• Add a splash of olive oil, a good pinch of salt, the bay leaf, and the sage leaves or sprig of rosemary or thyme.
  — Deb Wandell, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Oct. 2021
• Make the grits: In a large pot, combine water, bay leaves and cream.
  — Osayi Endolyn, WSJ, 13 July 2018
• Remove the corn cobs, thyme sprigs, and bay leaves and discard.
  — Redbook, 14 June 2011
• Add the leeks, potatoes, corn, bay leaf, thyme, and cayenne and mix to combine.
  — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 20 Oct. 2014
• It’s not unusual to get a tease of bay leaf, sage or cedar in the red wines.
  — SFChronicle.com, 13 Oct. 2020
• Add onion mixture to crock pot with beef broth, bay leaf and thyme.
  — Alex Darus, cleveland, 14 Oct. 2020
• Remove the onion, garlic, and bay leaf from the pot and discard.
  — Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2020
• Rinse the beans and add them to the pot, along with the chicken stock, bay leaves and smoked paprika.
  — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 16 Jan. 2018
• Then add the brown sugar, dry rub, and bay leaves and stir well to combine.
  — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 July 2018
• Crank the heat to high and add bay leaves, onion halves, and unpeeled garlic cloves.
  — Mark Bittman, GQ, 26 Jan. 2018
• Add broth, beans, chilies, cumin, bay leaf, salt and cayenne pepper; bring to a boil.
  — Susan Nicholson, ajc, 15 Dec. 2017
• In a small pot, combine drained beans, split leek, chiles, bay leaf, wine and stock.
  — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
• The third course is a sticky toffee pudding with bay leaf ice cream.
  — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2023
• Add the tomatoes, stock, bay leaf, cheese rind, salt and black pepper.
  — Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024