How to Use discard in a Sentence

discard

1 of 2 verb

• Remove and discard the stems.
• She discarded the six of hearts.
• Turn off the heat, discard the lemon peels, and stir in the olive brine and the lemon juice.
  — Ali Slagle, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
• Use a spoon to scoop out the soft, inner flesh and discard the skins.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2023
• Squeeze out and discard the excess milk from the bread.
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• Slice the potatoes 1/4-inch-thick; discard any skins that fall off, leave the rest on.
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
• Sometimes, the notes were discarded at the end of the day, Westforth said.
  — Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2023
• Cut tomatoes open and squeeze out and discard seeds and skins.
  — Dana Bowen / Photography By Landon Speers For The Wall Street Journal , WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
• Drain and discard the fat and transfer the beef to your slow cooker.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
• When West discarded, South started the clubs, but East won and led the king of spades.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2024
• When the corn is just cool enough to handle, remove and discard the husks and silk.
  — Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
• Drain, cut off and discard the stems, and finely chop the mushrooms.
  — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 25 Jan. 2024
• Strain and discard the rosemary stems from the rosemary oil.
  — Lidey Heuck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2023
• Customers with the ice cream are asked to discard it or return it to where it was purchased.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
• Drain the soaked beans, discarding the liquid, and transfer the beans to a large pot with a tight-fitting lid.
  — Sean Sherman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2023
• Be sure to have a supply of trash bags will be needed for items to be discarded.
  — Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2023
• Set aside to cool for 20 minutes, then discard the rosemary sprigs and pour the oil into a large bowl.
  — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
• After four weeks, use a cheesecloth or a fine-mesh sieve to strain the bitters; discard the herbs.
  — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023
• Add ham: Once ham hocks are cool enough to handle, remove all meat and chop; discard fat and bone.
  — Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
• When the squash are cool enough to handle, cut or tear into big pieces, then scoop out and discard the stems, seeds and stringy bits.
  — Ali Slagle, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
• Serra advised him to dismantle and discard the piece but to keep the steel plate that had been used to make it.
  — Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• Remove and discard plastic wrap from rolls, and gently brush tops of rolls with some of the beaten egg.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
• Pour off and discard all but 1 tablespoon fat from the skillet.
  — Christopher Kimball, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2023
• More than 300 miles of trail in Virginia was discarded.
  — Lizzie Johnson and Lauren Tierney, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
• Use 2 1/2-inch leaf cutters to cut out 8 leaves, discarding dough scraps.
  — Amanda Stanfield, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2023
• Tokens are not a sideshow of blockchain networks, a nuisance that can be stripped out and discarded.
  — Chris Dixon, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2024
• Since hard disks only have a five-year life span, the old hard disks will need to be discarded for new ones to retain the same data.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Aug. 2023
• After the bacon is cooked and removed from the pan, just drain off excess fat and carefully fold up the foil to discard.
  — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 6 July 2023
• There was a $15 online notary fee to discard the sperm, Puca said.
  — Amber Ferguson, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• Some Black activists have led a movement to discard the White Jesus.
  — John Blake, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024

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discard

2 of 2 noun

• Remove the first few leaves from the corn husk and discard.
  — Lauren Joseph, New York Times, 28 July 2023
• Use a sharp knife to loosen the edges of the skins; gently pull off the skins in strips and discard.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2022
• Nathan says the discard rate for a kidney with a high KDPI is in the range of 40% to 50%.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2019
• Allow the seeds to steep for 10 minutes; strain the seeds and discard.
  — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 22 May 2020
• Remove the onion, garlic, and bay leaf from the pot and discard.
  — Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2020
• The result of the discard is that each player is left with four cards.
  — cleveland, 14 Nov. 2020
• Remove about 1/4 cup lime juice from the bowl with salmon and discard.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 3 May 2021
• When ready to make the ice cream, remove the vanilla bean from the custard and discard.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee.com, 23 May 2017
• Transfer the mushrooms to a cutting board, cut off the stems and discard.
  — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022
• Using a ladle, skim off any fat from the top of the liquid and discard.
  — Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2021
• Skim foam off the surface with a metal spoon and discard.
  — Sharon Kennedy Wynne, Hartford Courant, 15 Nov. 2022
• Remove wrap and gently brush off all the cure and discard.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Nov. 2022
• Cut 1/2 inch off the bottom of lemongrass stalk and discard.
  — Dallas News, 1 June 2021
• Cut pears in half and discard cores and stems; dice into 1-inch pieces and place in a bowl with lemon zest and juice.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sep. 2022
• When ready to cook, drain, discard marinade and brush off any large bits that might burn.
  — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 29 Apr. 2021
• If a Pokémon is attacked, the tool card goes into the discard pile.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
• Remove from the heat and discard tea bags, then stir in the vanilla and blueberries.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2021
• Fish Parmesan rind out of stew and discard, then ladle stew over bread.
  — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2017
• Use a spider skimmer to remove the meat and other solids and discard.
  — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 26 Feb. 2022
• In a small bowl, squeeze roasted garlic from skins; discard skins.
  — Karen Elizabeth Watts, Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2022
• Bring to a medium boil (this can take 5 to 10 minutes), skim froth from the surface using a large spoon and discard froth.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2020
• Cut along one side of the backbone using kitchen shears, then cut the other side; discard backbone.
  — Kate Merker, Country Living, 20 June 2021
• If desired, press sauce through fine-mesh sieve to remove seeds; discard seeds.
  — Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2022
• Players draw from their stock three at a time, using only the third card if playable or placing it in the discard pile.
  — Veronica Bravo, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2022
• Leaves are too precious a soil amendment to bundle, bag and discard.
  — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
• Pull skin and bones off chicken and discard. Shred meat with your fingers and set aside on your cutting board.
  — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 19 Aug. 2017
• Garnish with express oils from lemon twist and discard.
  — Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 28 June 2021
• Many bakers throw it out, but that discard can be used to make countless other things.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 12 Aug. 2020
• Directions Remove any skin from the salmon and discard.
  — Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
• And don’t forget that some of the best dishes in our earthly canon rely on things like stale bread, day-old rice and other potential discards.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 29 June 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024