How to Use molasses in a Sentence
molasses
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The molasses is used to mask the smell and make the feed taste better.
— Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2018 -
The thick sauce has tiny bits of onion and grains of pepper amid a molasses base.
— cleveland, 10 Aug. 2020 -
If your snot is like molasses, drink up to help thin it out.
— Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 6 Sep. 2022 -
Add in the egg and molasses to the butter and sugar mixture.
— Elise Taylor, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2020 -
The rhythm section was the key to the track: the drummer laid down a lagging beat, and the bassist played a molasses-slow riff.
— Elias Leight, Billboard, 7 June 2017 -
Fringe fans are the ones left on the outside when the games turn into slogs that move at the pace of cold molasses.
— Maury Brown, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021 -
With notes of root beer and molasses, this one seems perfect for fall.
— Marc Bona, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2021 -
The pumpkins were softened in the molasses residue in the pots, leading to the name calabaza en tacha.
— Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Nov. 2021 -
Something was gumming up the tubes like molasses in a straw.
— Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2021 -
The English-style Old Ale is billed as having notes of figs, molasses and leather.
— Marc Bona, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2022 -
When the animals were fed more hay, the team added molasses to help the seaweed stick so the cows couldn’t nudge it aside.
— Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2021 -
Add cider and molasses to pot, along with ½ teaspoon salt and return pork to pot.
— Ian Knauer, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021 -
This buttermilk and molasses bread is served warm from the oven.
— Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021 -
There are lime peel and pomegranate molasses with star anise as the high note.
— Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 24 Nov. 2020 -
It’s garlic-y and has sweet and sour molasses with tons of local herbs.
— Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 16 Sep. 2021 -
Dessert was dark chocolate torte topped with cream made dark from molasses and strewn with pecans.
— Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 22 Dec. 2020 -
Well, that molasses takes a long sabbatical in the back of your pantry.
— Jesse Sparks, Bon Appétit, 3 Sep. 2019 -
The answer is a mix of soybean meal and non-sulfured molasses.
— Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2020 -
Stock up on your za’atar and pomegranate molasses and read on.
— Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2020 -
In a large bowl, whisk together the vegetable oil, molasses and egg.
— Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2021 -
Off heat, stir in the lemon zest and juice and the remaining 1 tablespoon molasses.
— Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2021 -
To make it, cornmeal is cooked into a porridge, molasses is stirred in, and then yeast and flour are added.
— Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Oct. 2021 -
Add a dash of the molasses bitters and a dash of the Angostura bitters.
— New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022 -
Add the molasses mixture and mix for 3 to 4 minutes, until fluffy.
— Tribune News Service, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2020 -
To make molasses reduce 12 oz of Pom Juice over medium heat by half.
— Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 23 Dec. 2020 -
The sauce is typically thick with a hint of sweet molasses.
— Jeanette Settembre, Fox News, 26 May 2021 -
For the dry products, add some dry molasses and/or humate.
— Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2020 -
Those with a sweet tooth often bought 50 cents’ worth of molasses taffy from Ortmuller’s stall.
— Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2022 -
In a separate small bowl, combine the molasses, egg, and oil, then add that to the dry ingredients.
— Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2022 -
ExxonMobil admitted that the pipeline had been used to transport a molasses-like form of crude extracted from tar sands in Canada.
— Elizabeth Svoboda, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2011
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