How to Use corn silk in a Sentence

corn silk

noun

• Dear Heloise: There is an easy way to get rid of corn silk.
  — Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2019
• One at a time, cover the polenta balls in egg, then coat in corn silk.
  — Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 23 Sep. 2014
• Earworm moths lay eggs on corn silks and the larvae crawl inside the husks to feed at the tips of the developing ears.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 5 Apr. 2016
• Off the small plates, the chawanmushi (Japanese egg custard; $10) was sweet, creamy, silky and gorgeous, thanks to the glossy mass of corn silk that crowned the small bowl.
  — Allyson Reedy, The Know, 2 Oct. 2019
• Set up dipping station with the egg mixture first, then the corn silks in separate bowls.
  — Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 23 Sep. 2014
• The wine list is tight, with a few by-the-glass options, but our favorite non-alcoholic nightcap is the refreshing corn silk tea.
  — Bon Appetit, 25 June 2018
• Made from acorns, sticks, corn silk, and buckeyes (among other things) his people march through forest and field on adventures in the natural world.
  — Denise Coffey, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• Harvesting Three weeks after corn silks appear, start checking ears for peak ripeness.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 5 Apr. 2016
• Gently lower polenta eyeballs into the oil and fry until the corn silk is golden brown.
  — Lauren Le Vine, Redbook, 23 Sep. 2014
• As such, many of the walls and moldings are painted in an array of soulful, complicated grays made by Farrow & Ball; the hues have whispers of pink and undertones of corn silk, shifting and evolving as the day wears on.
  — Cynthia Frank, ELLE Decor, 16 Dec. 2019
• Garbage disposals aren't designed to deal with hard material, such as bone or fibrous materials (celery, corn silk, and shrimp shells, to name a few).
  — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 22 Aug. 2019
• As the name implies, the heat protectant uses argan and coconut oil to your tresses' advantage; corn silk extract and orchid flower extract are also included, as is castor oil for a strengthening angle.
  — Rachel Nussbaum, PEOPLE.com, 13 Oct. 2021
• With its appealing flavor of nutty corn silk, spring chickweed is a delicacy best appreciated raw.
  — Marie Viljoen/saveur, Popular Science, 19 Apr. 2020
• Far from the supermarket stuff, which is typically faked by dying crocus parts or corn silk red with food coloring, Rumi’s otherworldly earthy-floral saffron is the kind that meets its reputation for the world’s most expensive spice.
  — Mari Uyehara, Bon Appetit, 19 June 2017

Last Updated: 30 Aug 2024