How to Use shish kebab in a Sentence

shish kebab

noun
  • Catch the breezes up there and maybe a plate of shish kebab — that feels nice and summery.
    Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2018
  • Who unleashed the gang that was out to hang, turn the Dems and Reps into shish kebab?
    Pat Myers, Washington Post, 23 June 2022
  • Come pick up fresh hummus, za’atar-spiced chicken shish kebab, and tabouli.
    Marissa Wolkenberg, Bon Appétit, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Their chicken shish kebab has rave reviews, too, and their homemade hummus is good enough to get in a tub and take home with you.
    Kaye Toal, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The Aleppo paste appears again, though more subtly, in the fantastic shish kebab.
    Mark Kurlyandchik, Freep.com, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Fresh salads, pizzas, shish kebabs (called shashlik) of pork, beef, chicken or lamb, and seafood.
    Jeff Opdyke, latimes.com, 23 June 2019
  • The young women, for example, said that one of their drivers sped along at around 100 miles an hour, at one point eating shish kebab while on a video call with his wife.
    Alina Lobzina, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Pair with hummus and pita, or with a shish kebab that includes green peppers and pineapple. Château Laurence.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022
  • Pair with a German chocolate cake dessert or with shish kebab that includes chicken and juicy vegetables.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022
  • That’s alongside Israeli dishes, such as shish kebab and hummus.
    Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Its menu includes items favorites such as shawarma sandwiches, shish kebab, and shish tawook.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Pair with shish kebab or with pumpkin squash ravioli. Château Laurence.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022
  • Instead of using a standard gas grill, Al Bawadi in suburban Bridgeview cooks all the meat over charcoal, which lends the lamb shish kebab pieces a distinct smoky profile.
    Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • In the gritty, violent world of A Steady Rain, cops extort hookers in the name of community, pimps skewer cops like shish kebabs, and children are cannibalized and set aflame.
    Julia M. Klein, Philly.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Her father, an Albanian, taught her mother, a Boston-area woman who loved to make meals from scratch, how to prepare such Balkan and Albanian favorites as baklava and shish kebab.
    Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Fusion dishes, combining flavors of both cuisines, are a chicken tikka grinder, chicken tikka mac and cheese, shish kebab grinder, chicken tikka quesadilla and a kebab roll.
    Susan Dunne, courant.com, 3 Jan. 2022

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