Recent Examples on the WebThen, comes the intimacy: Touching it, forming the bite-sized balls that become the lightly sweet and wonderfully starchy vehicle for sauces, vegetables, proteins.—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2024 These strep bacteria eat sugars from starchy foods, such as roots, seeds and tubers.—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 25 June 2024 Canada can still be uptight, but there was a real starchy colonial residue to the place then, an irrelevant clung-to Britishness, and a severe case of tall-poppy syndrome.—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 15 May 2024 That rang true for Valentine, who had a bad day with his corn soup showing, and the judges just couldn’t get past its thick, starchy consistency.—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for starchy
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