How to Use boil down in a Sentence

boil down

verb

• Southern chefs boil down the guts and pick the bones clean.
  — Allison Glock, National Geographic, 4 June 2020
• It can be boiled down to the mantra that the ends justify the means.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2018
• The head was for my grandma to boil down and use for tamales.
  — Arkansas Online, 28 Dec. 2020
• The margin of error seems to boil down to the shape of the face mask itself.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 28 July 2020
• The complaints from people in the UK boiled down to two main points.
  — Callum Booth, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
• Perhaps the silence on the Trump emails boils down to lessons learned.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• This film, for Mann, boils down to the power of chasing a high.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
• Then they were asked to boil down the story down to a slogan.
  — Carla Power, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Many of these fights seem to boil down to a question of how much to trust the reader.
  — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2023
• The broth is the star of the show here, made from boiling down beef and chicken bones for a full 24 hours.
  — Caitlin Morton, AFAR Media, 27 Jan. 2025
• In large part, the problem boils down to time and money, said Schor.
  — Jocelyn Wiener, sacbee, 15 Jan. 2018
• The scope of those upgrades may boil down to Danny Green.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
• So, the debate seems to boil down to this: is a half a loaf better than none?
  — Barbara Peterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2018
• As a result, the race may boil down to style more than substance.
  — Time, 31 May 2018
• The case for investing in the emerging world can be boiled down to a word: growth.
  — Tim Gray, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• Buchholz says some of Snoopy’s appeal boils down to the way Schulz drew him.
  — Victoria Edel, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
• The reason why brown sugar clumps up boils down to how it’s made.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2024
• But the rewards are great and boil down to camaraderie and fun.
  — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2018
• The outcome might simply boil down to whether Texas can find a way to stop Jaden Ivey.
  — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2022
• The rest of Io9's fun really boils down to tweaks and polish.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 19 Apr. 2018
• Forty gallons of sap boils down to about 1 gallon of maple syrup.
  — Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2024
• The remaining bones are then boiled down for about four hours.
  — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
• Two cents Do your job: This is what the game boils down to for Michigan's defense.
  — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2017
• Much of it boils down to self-care, and ensuring she isn’t stretched too thin.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
• The rest of IoN's fun really boils down to tweaks and polish.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 16 July 2018
• The rest of the lesson boiled down to this: Pay attention to nature.
  — Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
• However, the game could boil down to a matchup of top running backs.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 12 Sep. 2019
• Many of the risks lurking in China boil down to two problems.
  — Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 13 June 2018
• Forbes China: What, in a nutshell, does that approach boil down to?
  — Russell Flannery, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
• Her performance as a nun who confronts the College of Cardinals boils down to just one scene, but that scene is crucial to the film — and so is Rossellini, making the most of her few lines.
  — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025