How to Use fritter in a Sentence

fritter

1 of 2 noun

• How did the idea for shrimp fritters at the Fair come about?
  — Nancy Ngo, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2019
• Herbs in the crisp fritter balance the funk of the offal.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
• The donutlike gram fritters are fluffy sops for the sauces.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2023
• Bake for 10 minutes, then remove the fritters from the oven.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
• Add greens raw to salads, saute them, and use them for fritters.
  — Treehugger Editors, Treehugger, 7 Sep. 2023
• Shrimp and grits and Caribbean pholourie fritters were on the menu.
  — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2019
• Pair with apple cider donuts or pear fritters for a sweet send-off!
  — Sarah Zlotnick, Country Living, 22 Aug. 2023
• Definitely eat the steak frites in Paris or the conch fritters in the Bahamas.
  — Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, PEOPLE.com, 6 June 2019
• Remove cooked fritter and place on a tray or plate and continue to cook the rest of the dough mixture.
  — Benjamin Liong Setiawan, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2022
• Here, the cornmeal fritters come in thick, short strips that are closer to the size and shape of your index finger.
  — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 26 Oct. 2023
• The flattened fritters of salt cod seasoned with fresh hot chiles, known as stamp and go, were crunchy and golden.
  — New York Times, 26 June 2018
• There's nothing like cast iron for getting a good sear on fritters like this.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 14 July 2023
• From creamed corn to corn fritters to succotash and more, here are our favorite ways to serve corn as a side dish.
  — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2023
• Add half of batter in 1/4-cup mounds and flatten slightly to make 3-inch fritters.
  — Joy Cho, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2023
• The crisp exterior comes from a quick dredge in flour, like a breakfast fritter.
  — Casey Barber, CNN, 24 Jan. 2022
• When ready to serve, dust fritters with powdered sugar.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2020
• Plenty of folks jumped at the chance to sample the insect in fritters, cookies, smoothies, tostadas and soup on Friday at the Fair.
  — Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 23 Aug. 2019
• The last lunch for the last president of Afghanistan was vegetable fritters, salad and steamed broccoli.
  — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• From baba to eggplant parm, ratatouille and fritters, these are our favorite eggplant recipes to cook any time of the year.
  — Rochelle Bilow, Bon Appétit, 19 Aug. 2019
• Fry until the bottom of each fritter is golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes.
  — Washington Post, 13 May 2021
• Whole grains can star in a casserole or grain salad, be served up as a side dish, and bolster all kinds of recipes from meatloaves to fritters.
  — Katie Workman, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2020
• There are many ways to enjoy both the zucchini — dipped in flour and egg for a quick fritter; roasted; grilled; stuffed and baked — and the gorgeous flowers.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2023
• And on their own, the tortitas fritters are a simple effort with a grand reward.
  — Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 9 Mar. 2023
• There's also apfel-cake fritter and German frühstück plate of meats.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 2 Jan. 2020
• Turnips can be grated and turned into fritters, transformed into a creamy soup and diced and added to risotto.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019
• Miniature versions of the classic island fritter, they are made and fried to order.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Dec. 2021
• The fire company has tried to make up for the lost revenue with other events such as pizza nights and oyster and clam fritter sales.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
• Fry, flipping once, until the fritters are golden brown on both sides, about 2 minutes per side.
  — Leah Koenig, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
• The fritter magic happens with the leftover scrap dough a little bit later.
  — Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 27 Oct. 2020
• In 1987, when Greg Parish was a teenager, the family started selling the critter fritter, a fried jalapeño stuffed with ground beef.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2021

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fritter

2 of 2 verb

• Don't fritter away cash this week on things that won't last.
  — oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2020
• Other times CEOs just fritter the money away, as in the dot-com bubble.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2017
• The lead was frittered away in 40 seconds, as forward Juwan Morgan took over the game.
  — Don Markus, baltimoresun.com, 30 Jan. 2018
• But the few weeks of time the U.S. bought with the travel restriction were frittered away, experts say.
  — Margaret Newkirk, Bloomberg.com, 6 May 2020
• Don't fritter away your time when a simple tweak is all that is needed.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2019
• Though the time savings are not enormous, don’t fritter away Amtrak’s gift.
  — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2019
• Instead, such chances were, like so many times before, frittered away.
  — Eric Bolin, ajc, 18 Nov. 2017
• Mike McCarthy’s decision to play scared at the end of the first half and fritter away the last 90 seconds was beyond puzzling.
  — Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2021
• So maybe coach Andy Reid and the team learned a little something about themselves in the process of nearly having the season frittered away.
  — Vahe Gregorian, kansascity, 16 Dec. 2017
• But Broadway stardom of his caliber is too precious to fritter away on a star turn.
  — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2022
• Better to pay dividends or buy back shares than fritter the money away.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
• But energy is precious, and no species can afford to fritter it away.
  — Helen Czerski, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2018
• The second-guessing comes faster than a bullet train in Germany when leads are frittered away in the last inning, or innings.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2018
• These briny beauties taste of the sea in the best possible way; this is your chance to try them raw, stuffed, fried, frittered, in chowder, and on a stick dipped in chocolate and jimmies.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2019
• But there’s something to be said for frittering away money on leading-edge tech that may never amount to much.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• To be a person who isn’t frittering away her life having vengeful thoughts about people from her past!
  — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2017
• What proportion of our scientists’ careers will be frittered away on the trail of nothing much at all?
  — Daniel Engber, Slate Magazine, 21 Aug. 2017
• The Kardashians fritter away a huge amount of time, in fact, playing harmless pranks on one another.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Nov. 2020
• Fritters are a savory side dish, but frittering your time away is not something to relish.
  — Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 15 May 2017
• Other parties, which have tended to fritter away their support on squabbles, might team up against him.
  — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
• Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said last week after his team nearly frittered away a three-goal lead in the third period against the Islanders.
  — Sam Donnellon, Philly.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• The cash was funnelled through shell companies around the world and frittered away on yachts, artworks, diamonds and other fripperies.
  — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019
• Denver’s top guard prospects fritter through the season without showing any real progress.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• Unlike past games where the Bucks frittered away big leads, allowing things to stay close late, Milwaukee didn't leave the Pistons much hope on Saturday.
  — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2019
• But first, of course, there was a game on Friday, one in which the Royals frittered away an opportunity for a second straight win with a shaky seventh inning.
  — Rustin Dodd, kansascity, 4 Aug. 2017
• But the real victims of the climate crisis will not be white Americans such as Sundog, who can afford to fritter their days wandering the woods.
  — Outside Online, 11 July 2021
• This reporter read it in one long sitting, frittering away a whole weekend day between its pages so entertaining was the tale.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartzy, 7 July 2019
• Even the sloppy Week 1 loss three years ago at Arizona — a contest the Bolts frittered away by dropping no fewer than six pass — saw better consistency from the offense and defense.
  — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• But these conflicts often fritter away energies that could be better used to enhance public life.
  — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
• History might not even remember that Smith was only able to fritter away a crucial possession because Hill missed a go-ahead free throw.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 6 June 2018

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