How to Use tamale in a Sentence

tamale

noun

• There are two to a tamale to make sure the tamale dough doesn’t spill out.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2023
• The tamale bread and the chile oil produced a taco with the heft of a gyro.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 30 June 2017
• The smell of chicken soup and homemade tamales filled the air.
  — New York Times, 9 Nov. 2019
• The process of making all those tamales starts at 1 in the morning.
  — Alex Kiesig, idahostatesman, 6 July 2018
• The pork tamales come in a choice of mild, habanero or Hatch green chile.
  — Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 26 Feb. 2018
• For the duck tamale, it had been infused into the lard.
  — Robert Simonson, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2022
• No men are allowed inside the house while the tamales are made.
  — Emma Schwartz, Bon Appétit, 2 July 2019
• Best items: the jalapeño-cheese tamale bites from Mariposa's Latin Kitchen.
  — Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 7 Mar. 2018
• Handout And the tamales almost seem quaint on this menu.
  — Carlos Frías, miamiherald, 11 May 2017
• Every plate comes with two tamales plus rice and beans ($11).
  — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• Drive-thru hot tamale meals will be sold from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.
  — Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2021
• This recipe from Ivy Manning makes about 60 tamales, and can be prepped the day before the game.
  — oregonlive, 27 Jan. 2020
• Sotelo’s father would wrap the meat in maguey leaves like a tamale.
  — Nikki O'Neill, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2023
• The starchy fruit can be added to soups, stews, salads, tamales, puddings, and pies.
  — Richard Schiffman, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2024
• The choice was the tamale, long a tradition in the Arkansas Delta.
  — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 2021
• Knox, 86, has many lifelong menu favorites like the tacos and tamales.
  — Georgann Yara, azcentral, 27 July 2019
• Fold the sides of the husks over the fish to form a cylinder and then fold up or tie the ends to form a small bundle (like a tamale).
  — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• The tamales at Yvolina's Tamales are wonders -- plump and airy, yet light and not greasy.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2018
• Harmon claims his father’s was the first tamale cart in Greenville.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
• Or, order tacos, tamales, tostadas and tortas to eat there or to go.
  — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 7 Mar. 2018
• Flautas lead to tacos, which lead to tamales made by a neighbor.
  — Melissa Hung, SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• Scrappy as ever, Greer made tamales, selling them on the side of the road.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Apr. 2018
• My cousin recently showed me the tamale recipe my dad gave him.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2021
• Floore's was a key live venue in the western-swing era that became revered for its tamales.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 3 Nov. 2017
• This is a dish that takes all the best parts of a tamale, ditches the corn husks, and makes it into a casserole.
  — cleveland, 9 June 2020
• Text found in the Dresden Codex reveal that the Maya cooked turkey tamales.
  — Mark Strauss, National Geographic, 22 Nov. 2016
• Ditch the tired taco night for this new take on tamales, served as a spoonable one-skillet pie.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
• Henry’s first bite of her pork tamale pie was a game changer.
  — Ac Shilton, Outside Online, 1 May 2018
• Wrap the tinfoil completely around the chips in a packet like a tamale.
  — Joe Difazio, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
• Layer with chicken tamale mix, cilantro, sour cream, and cheese.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024