How to Use mutton in a Sentence

mutton

noun

• The facial hair, all the guys with those big mutton chops.
  — Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 June 2021
• But the mutton chop here has been known to have that effect.
  — Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2018
• There was nothing wrong with her leg-of-mutton sleeves and lace bodice.
  — Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2022
• Hands down, the best Chinese mutton soup around by a country mile!
  — Sebastian Modak, CNT, 19 Sep. 2017
• Haggis is made of the liver, lungs, and heart of a sheep, beef or mutton suet, oatmeal, onion, and spices.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2023
• Blavette headed back to their house, on the other side of town, just to bring in the laundry and put away the leftovers of a mutton stew.
  — Jean Giono, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
• As part of their contracts, the families were housed and given mutton to eat and cows to milk.
  — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020
• For mutton bustin' at the Houston Rodeo, the riders must be either five or six years old and weigh 55 pounds or less.
  — Josh Criswell, Chron, 2 Mar. 2023
• The colors indicate which type of meat: black for beef, red for veal, green for mutton.
  — Betsy Mason, National Geographic, 16 Mar. 2017
• Diners pack in for a mutton spread, traveling far and wide to eat here.
  — Laura Lai Coughlin, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Nov. 2023
• The most economical cut of veal is the shoulder, Child advised, and the neck is the cheapest piece of mutton.
  — Lydia Moland, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
• Brown mutton cubes over medium high heat in a large skillet.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2021
• Little kids in big hats climbed the rails to watch, then slid down for mutton busting to see who could stay aboard a sheep at full speed the longest.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 11 July 2019
• Favorite food is mutton dry and ikan bilis (dried anchovies).
  — Fortune, 27 Feb. 2018
• Stalls were stocked with pork, mutton, seafood and vegetables.
  — Joe McDonald, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2020
• His frizzy blonde hair cascades over his shoulders and dress with enormous leg-of-mutton sleeves.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 26 June 2019
• That dirt, full of oil and debris, would be unsafe for the livestock, cowboys, cowgirls and mutton busters.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 19 Feb. 2018
• After that, Webster shapes his mustache with wax and grooms his mutton chops.
  — Katie Knight, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
• At The Junction, the fun includes rides such as an antique double carousel, a petting zoo, pig races and mutton bustin'.
  — Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2020
• The global demand for beef, goat and lamb or mutton is expected to be even higher, at 88%.
  — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 8 Oct. 2019
• It's called kjötsúpa and is made of lamb or mutton and vegetables.
  — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2021
• Cornyval time in Helotes, with live music, a carnival and mutton bustin’ on tap.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 29 Apr. 2022
• Smoked brook trout, mutton, an endive salad, a Margaux open on the sideboard.
  — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2018
• There are beard hairs applied lovingly one at a time [onto Disa actress Sophia Nomvete] and there are these sort of mutton chops on the side.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2022
• And someone recognized the mutton chop beard of Jacob Zerkle.
  — The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
• Szesze is tall with silver hair and mutton chops; his is the sort of patrician head to have graced a Victorian coin.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 3 July 2017
• Gongura mutton curry is a simple dish from Andhra Pradesh that goes well with piping hot rice.
  — Kamalika Mukherjee, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2023
• But styles like a stubble, beard, Dali and mutton chops, are not recommended.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 26 Feb. 2020
• Patience Watlington, who prepared a dish of mutton and tomato casserole, chatted to Meghan about how slow cooking was the key to the meal’s rich taste.
  — Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Sep. 2019
• The tent had that wonderful aroma of Mongolia—of butter and mutton, of dung fires and horses.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024