OVERCOOK in a Sentence

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Example sentences for OVERCOOK, such as:
1. If you overcook the cabbage it'll turn to mush.
2. She took particular care not to overcook the meat.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of OVERCOOK
overcook
 v.  cook too long
Classic Sentence:
1  But the meal did not constitute by any means the best of which Chichikov had ever partaken, seeing that some of the dishes were overcooked, and others were scarcely cooked at all.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  If you overcook the cabbage it'll turn to mush.
2  She took particular care not to overcook the meat.
3  Even after you remove the pudding from the burner, it will continue to coagulate as it stands; therefore, do not overcook the pudding, lest it become too thick.
4  Neither Jack's under-baked opinions nor his overcooked casseroles were palatable to Jill.