How to Use corncob in a Sentence

corncob

noun

• Stack the lobsters in the pot, with the corncobs on top.
  — Daniel Boulud, ELLE Decor, 15 June 2010
• Hey, Huskers, put a corncob in your pie hole and shut up.
  — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2020
• One of the most poignant images is of a corncob doll with corn-silk hair.
  — Eddie Dean, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2020
• On the new Nightstick, the Raptor (bird’s head) rounded grip is made of wood, as is the corncob fore-end.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 30 Jan. 2019
• Cutting Board and Knife: For letting meat rest, or tasks like slicing the kernels off a corncob.
  — Brad Leone, Bon Appetit, 30 May 2017
• Here’s how: Get out a slow cooker, stockpot, or Dutch oven, then add water and corncobs.
  — Melina Hammer, Bon Appétit, 20 July 2023
• The complex is a tall cylinder that resembles a corncob.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2017
• Among the objects lethally employed: a spear, a crossbow, a champagne bottle and a corncob.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 20 May 2016
• Add the corncobs and 1 tablespoon salt, reduce heat to medium, and cook, covered, for 10 minutes.
  — Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2019
• While disposing of the corncob, this unit seemed to vibrate more, which contributed to the higher recorded noise level.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 26 Aug. 2021
• About that picnic garbage: Keep your dog away from corncobs, which can lead to intestinal blockage, and chicken bones, which are a choking hazard.
  — Tom Avril, Philly.com, 12 June 2017
• Before the museum took over, Gorey’s bedroom was filled with modern plush toys, and the barn behind the twelve-room house now contains boxes of hundred-year-old corncob and peach-pit dolls.
  — Casey Ce, The New Yorker, 12 July 2021
• Gizmos like a mushroom scrub brush, a corncob-kernel remover, an egg separator or a crème-brulée torch waste money and space.
  — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Dec. 2021
• Sarah O’Gleby’s choreography reaches its zenith right at the start, and not even with humans: A mini-kickline of plastic corncob Rockettes slays.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• Just the other day, my ten-year-old daughter and I were watching a Season 10 episode in which Homer, the family’s tubby paterfamilias, plucks a corncob from a field and eats it raw.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2021
• The pieces include some practically Dadaist still-life sculptures, made of machine parts, and a chandelier, designed for a Cedar Rapids hotel, with eye-fooling replicas of corncobs.
  — Steven Strogatz, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2018
• Thick summery food waste, like corncobs and husks, watermelon rinds and banana peels, most likely will overtax your disposal.
  — Hints From Heloise, star-telegram.com, 25 May 2017
• Kind-of Ajiaco Serves 4 to 6 Ajiaco is a hearty and glorious Colombian chicken soup made with starchy potatoes and milky corncobs to naturally thicken the broth.
  — Julia Clancy, SFChronicle.com, 5 Feb. 2020
• Included here is a cluster of multicolored corncobs, baskets and earrings in the shape and color of strawberries and a beaded basket with a small bird woven into its lid.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• This elegant drink features corn three ways: as a whiskey and muddled kernels, which provide a fresh, savory-sweet twist — and its corncob garnish adds unexpected whimsy.
  — Zoe Glasser, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
• How much corncob a dog could possibly consume without serious injury depends on its size and the diameter of the intestine, Wismer said.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 22 May 2022
• The researchers’ model helps reveal how conditions such as sunlight and shading affect crop growth—but many other factors such as water availability and microbial interactions determine the length of a corncob or width of a soybean.
  — Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2017
• The acquisition by Gulftech International, which closed this week for undisclosed terms, brings Verdant into a suite of companies that make products ranging from industrial-sized juicers to corncob-sorting and product-labeling machines.
  — Evan Ramstad, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
• Sugarcane and corncob nourishes, hydrates and replenishes skin.
  — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024