TURKEY in a Sentence
Learn TURKEY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
22 example sentences for TURKEY, such as:
1. His last film was a complete turkey.
2. Pam was in the middle of basting the turkey.
3. We raise turkeys mainly for the Christmas market.
4. Remove the turkey from the pan and drain off the excess fat.
5. It's traditional in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
2. Pam was in the middle of basting the turkey.
3. We raise turkeys mainly for the Christmas market.
4. Remove the turkey from the pan and drain off the excess fat.
5. It's traditional in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
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Meanings and Examples of TURKEY
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turkey
n. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
n. large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
Classic Sentence:
1 Now Jonas shook with a fury equal to Scarlett's and his sallow face was as red as an angry turkey gobbler's.
2 Gumboes and shrimp Creole, doves in wine and oysters in crumbly patties full of creamy sauce, mushrooms and sweetbreads and turkey livers, fish baked cunningly in oiled paper and limes.
3 Scarlett, who had been rocking and fanning herself with a turkey tail fan, stopped abruptly.
4 The dead man was frozen through, 'just as stiff as a dressed turkey you hang out to freeze,' Jake said.
5 He was always trying to ride the colts before they were broken, teasing the turkey gobbler, seeing just how much red the bull would stand for, or how sharp the new axe was.
6 Stephen looked at the plump turkey which had lain, trussed and skewered, on the kitchen table.
7 He heaped up the food on Stephen's plate and served uncle Charles and Mr Casey to large pieces of turkey and splashes of sauce.
8 The fat turkey was a sight to behold, when Hannah sent him up, stuffed, browned, and decorated.
9 Finally, just as mention was being made of a turkey cock, Chichikov fell asleep.
10 On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors-d'oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold.
11 And Kitty, with her careful housekeeping, had no little trouble to get all the chickens, turkeys, and geese, of which so many were needed to satisfy the summer appetites of the visitors and children.
12 Their geese and turkeys I usually ate at a mouthful, and I confess they far exceed ours.
13 Chimney swallows were darting swiftly across the yard, and chickens, ducks and turkeys were waddling and strutting and straggling in from the fields.
Example Sentence:
1 It's traditional in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
2 His last film was a complete turkey.
3 The quickest way to get her off the drug was to let her go cold turkey.
4 Pam was in the middle of basting the turkey.
5 Remove the turkey from the pan and drain off the excess fat.
6 I will be home for Thanksgiving, so save a little turkey for me.
7 Stuff the turkey, then put it into a pre-heated oven.
8 Millions of turkeys are raised in inhumane, industrial settings.
9 We raise turkeys mainly for the Christmas market.