How to Use crusty in a Sentence

crusty

adjective
  • We could see deer tracks in the crusty snow bank.
  • Serve with a piece of crusty bread to soak up the broth.
    Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Sop it up with crusty bread or drizzle over a bed of mashed potatoes.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2024
  • This is meant to be soaked up with slices of galaosiyo, crusty bread beautifully cratered with air holes.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2016
  • Serve with hot, crusty rolls for a satisfying and vitamin-rich lunch.
    Country Living, 20 Jan. 2012
  • Knocking a buck or two off your crusty country loaf, opens up room for other ingredients.
    Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 4 May 2017
  • Serve it as-is, or layered onto a crusty baguette for an incredible sandwich.
    Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 22 July 2014
  • It can be served as barbecued pulled beef with a crusty baguette and arugula salad topped with olive oil, salt, pepper and a crumble of blue cheese.
    Karen Kane, charlotteobserver, 9 May 2017
  • Bread and butter: Bread was brought in a silver basket: two crusty rolls, one raisin roll, one little olive ficelle, all tasty.
    Fox, Town & Country, 21 Nov. 2012
  • The Indonesian scene is more crusty, whereas the Russian scene is more ’90s emo and hardcore and youth crew.
    Brendan Seibel, WIRED, 16 May 2010
  • With respect to texture, staffers wanted a crackly, crusty exterior with a springy, toothsome center.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Day 1 After 2 weeks of warm crepes, crusty bread, creamy cheese, and delicious wine, there's very little that's appealing about starting the day with airplane food.
    Diana Vilibert, Redbook, 21 Apr. 2017
  • For a crusty loaf, Janjigian prefers to store it cut-side down on the cutting board — a technique that my colleague Becky Krystal also employs at home.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • The bread, crisped briefly in the toaster oven, has to be crusty.
    Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Serve the soup with rosé wine, a wedge of manchego cheese and crusty bread.
    Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2018
  • Serve with rice or crusty bread to soak up the pan juices.
    Ben Fogel, Sunset Magazine, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Serve the stew with a crusty baguette to mop up the bottom of your bowl.
    Jill Gibson, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Crusty bread is for sopping up the great juice from the sauce.
    Atlanta Life, ajc, 25 Aug. 2017
  • This means that two of the slices will have a crusty edge along the entire length of the piece.
    Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • Give each bowl a swirl of olive oil and serve with a hunk of crusty bread.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2024
  • He and the rest of the field battled the high winds, the tough course and the difficult, crusty greens.
    Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Serve it with crusty bread to sop up some of the fragrant broth.
    Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Lee gives the role of clueless old pop a fresh, crusty warmth.
    Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Slice and serve it with crusty bread and a green salad.
    Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2023
  • Serve them with crusty bread or spaghetti to sop up the sauce.
    Saveur Editors, Saveur, 30 May 2017
  • About once a month, one of us takes out a trusty, crusty recorder and puts in a new tape.
    Eileen Sharkey, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2018
  • Serve the soup drizzled with olive oil, and with warm, crusty bread.
    Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The baby backs boast a bright pink smoke ring and thick, crusty bark.
    Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • There’s more going on with this crusty pie than meets the eye.
    James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Toast up some crusty bread, spread on some cheese, and top with sliced fig.
    Sarah-Jane Bedwell, SELF, 22 Dec. 2017

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