How to Use gamy in a Sentence

gamy

adjective

• But the bone broth is the draw; choose chicken or beef, both respectably gamy and lip-coating.
  — Molly Young, Bon Appetit, 22 June 2017
• Lamb Tikka Kebab chunks ($14.99) had a gamy note that balanced the heat.
  — Daniel M. Jimenez, The Mercury News, 9 May 2017
• The Pax Armagh captured in a bottle the savory, floral, wild and gamy nature of the grape and place.
  — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2020
• If people want to smell like gamy muskrats down by the river, that’s their right as Americans.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
• The crust doesn’t taste at all gamy but does have a savory depth that butter alone can’t deliver.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2019
• The breast was served in striking wedges, each with strata of crispy skin, luscious fat, and tender meat, as rich and gamy as foie gras.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 7 June 2018
• The lean, gamy meat is popular with bodybuilders and the wellness-conscious.
  — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2021
• Lamb cooked sous vide was light, not gamy, served with fried sweetbreads and grilled preserved eggplants that left a faint whiff of wildfire on the plate.
  — New York Times, 3 Mar. 2018
• Three hours later, there was a rank, stubborn, gamy taste in my mouth, and no amount of beer-rinsing or tooth-brushing would get rid of it.
  — WSJ, 9 Oct. 2018
• This organic rosé, a blend of grenache and syrah, tastes of cantaloupe, sage and a gamy suggestion of a gossamer-thin slice of prosciutto.
  — Washington Post, 21 June 2020
• Lamb riblettes were a nice idea, smoky and with a deep, pleasing gamy flavor balanced by the tart cherry barbecue sauce.
  — Kate Washington, sacbee, 8 Dec. 2017
• But also try the goat, which has a buttery richness and slightly gamier savor than lamb, though at times (like my last visit) can be chewy.
  — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 9 Dec. 2017
• Duck eggs often also have two yolks, and have a slightly gamier flavor than chicken eggs with a thicker texture in both the yolk and whites.
  — Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 9 Dec. 2019
• White breezily portrays Brendan’s gamy masculinity, which clings to him like the funk from his unwashed gym clothes.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2019
• The surprise was that the sharp, gamy pungency of the quails flavored the pork as much as the pork flavored them, an ancient taste that I had never suspected existed.
  — Jonathan Gold, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
• Guinea Hens Farmers love these low-maintenance fowl for their guard dog–like instincts and hunger for pesky insects like ticks; chefs love their dark, gamy meat, which is good in braises and ragùs.
  — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit, 25 Jan. 2017
• Venison gives this classic French comfort stew a pleasant, gamy flavor.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 11 Nov. 2020
• More recently, poached nettles and a vivid orange swipe of harissa spice paste with a toothy green garbazo ragout gave an aromatic North African lift to the sweetly gamy meat.
  — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 3 May 2018
• Turkey’s gamy qualities work well with fruit — that’s why cranberry sauce is so crucial to a Thanksgiving spread.
  — Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2020
• During a fish’s journey from boat to cutting board, that iron and oxygen team up to slice through fat molecules, releasing some of the same pleasantly gamy aromas found in red meat.
  — Ali Bouzari, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
• An intriguing pinot, with intense flavors of cherries, tree bark and a gamy meat on a grill tantalizingly out of sight, all wrapped in silky elegance.
  — Washington Post, 23 July 2021
• Yamahai sake is typically gamy , earthy and nutty , and often compared to the funky flavors and acidity of natural wine.
  — Jenn Harrisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
• Euro Bakery also serves massive sandwiches ($10) stuffed into piping-hot lepinja bread, including an intense and gamy pile of lamb, carved from a huge hunk of roasted meat and layered with onions and a splash of creamy sauce.
  — Dominic Armato, azcentral, 28 Mar. 2018
• Not to mention bollito misto, the more stubborn parts of meat brought to heel by being boiled in a delicious broth for hours, or the intriguing finanziera, a hearty stew made from sweetbreads, testicles, and chicken parts, gamy-flavored and refined.
  — Oddur Thorisson, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Jan. 2017
• Animals that spend their whole life grazing on pasture have a higher proportion of omega-3 fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids that break down into smaller molecules with fishy and gamy flavors.
  — Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2021

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