How to Use spaghetti in a Sentence

spaghetti

noun
  • The top of the gown featured a bralette bodice with a cutout over the high waist and spaghetti straps.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Drain the spaghetti and spinach and place in the bowl with the reserved water.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Add the tomatoes, eggplant, and onions to the spaghetti.
    Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
  • For his The Crunchy Part of the Lasagna, the chef transformed spaghetti into lasagna.
    Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2022
  • One view is that goals are like spaghetti — throw some at the wall and see what sticks.
    Mikaela Kiner, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • GIFs of a cat and a plate of spaghetti and meatballs were pasted in over the clip.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • And that's sort of my job as dad to prepare the spaghetti and meatballs.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2023
  • In the first pan, brown the garlic over high heat for about 30 seconds and then add the raw spaghetti.
    CNN, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Add the sauce to the spaghetti, and shake the pan so that each strand of pasta is coated with the cheese mixture.
    Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The look featured spaghetti straps, and a small slit in the short skirt over one thigh, and the front was covered with bows.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The pregame meal will remain the same: spaghetti and chicken.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Kevin Tave stretches a pot of spaghetti for three days of meals.
    Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2022
  • My spaghetti noodle rod didn't have enough backbone to stretch the line and drive the hook through the thick jaw of a big fish.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Spaghettieis is an ice cream dish made to look like a plate of spaghetti.
    Marcel Krueger, CNN, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Make that jam or soap or spaghetti sauce and sell it at a booth at a farmer’s market.
    Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Most spaghetti models keep the storm north of the Caribbean.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Try them in a spaghetti sauce or in a meatball sandwich.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The star paired the dark skirt with a red button-down shirt layered over a black spaghetti-strap tank.
    Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 July 2022
  • Quibi was full of spaghetti content — noodles thrown at the wall to see what sticks.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 6 Aug. 2024
  • At the time, if was hard for his mother to come by her favorite brand of spaghetti: Buitoni.
    Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Serve Place spaghetti on plate and sprinkle with cheese, then place salmon on top.
    Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2024
  • With a menu of spaghetti, meatballs and a s'getti sandwich, fans can pick-up the food from the spot's walk-up window.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Grab a bowl of spaghetti and feast your eyes on this cartoon classic.
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE.com, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Who knew spaghetti could teach you about the multiverse?
    David Betancourt, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • Those broken bits of spaghetti that fly out of the box and land everywhere except in the pot.
    Pat Myers, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Some pair the sauce with rigatoni instead of spaghetti.
    Laura May Todd Enea Arienti, New York Times, 17 May 2024
  • Her mother's dress featured spaghetti straps, a thigh-high slit, and a ruched bodice.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 27 Dec. 2022
  • When the bad guys hungrily scarf down plates of spaghetti, the marinara sauce looks … OK.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Highways are torn up and power lines strewn like spaghetti.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Well, the famous combo with spaghetti is a classic for a reason.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 8 Oct. 2024

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