How to Use patty in a Sentence

patty

noun
  • One last time, the ball is tipped — or rather, the patty is flipped.
    The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The buns are large enough, in fact, to contain the half-pound patty.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Use the back of the spoon to flatten it into a round patty.
    Vallery Lomas, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Fold edge over meat and press to form a 1-inch-thick patty.
    Joe McKendry, WSJ, 28 July 2022
  • When the patties are nearly ready, toast the buns, cut side down, on the grill grates.
    Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024
  • The sausage patty was way too thin, and got a little lost.
    cleveland, 5 Dec. 2022
  • With 35 percent chicken cells, the patty is the runt of the litter.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • But what the jingle leaves out is the third piece of bun placed in the middle of the two all-beef patties.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Adding two patties and more sauce adds more fat and calories to the Big Mac.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2024
  • Solano pressed the patty with the back of his spatula and watched it ooze.
    Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 7 July 2020
  • But what the jingle leaves out is the third piece of bun placed in the middle of the two all-beef patties.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
  • Her mix of Twix, mint patties and more cost a total of $14.
    Jessica Ma, Sacramento Bee, 20 July 2024
  • Get all the flavors of a samosa in this easy-to-make patty-like pancake.
    Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2020
  • The patty was on the drier side, but the mayonnaise saved it.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The patty, charred on the outside, juicy on the inside, is composed of bacon- and fat-laced ground brisket.
    Rick Nelson, Star Tribune, 25 June 2021
  • The mixture then gets spooned onto the beef in the baking dish, and the other patty goes on top.
    Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2022
  • All that fat should make for a patty covered with brown, crusty bits.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Place a few lettuce leaves on each plate; top each with a salmon patty.
    Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2022
  • On the dessert menu, sweet, sticky rice is fried into a crunchy patty the size of a burger.
    Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The patty is pancake-flat and formed from chicken parts, like a squished nugget.
    Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The changes include softer buns, gooier cheese, adding onions to patties right on the grill and adding more Big Mac sauce.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Nunn ordered a beef and a salt-fish patty and some carrot cake to go.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2023
  • That patty, by the way, isn’t new to the McDonald’s system.
    Alicia Kelso, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The roll adds a nice sweetness to the burger, and the patty is juicy and flavorful off the griddle.
    Shaena Montanari, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Use your hands to grab a scoop of the chicken mixture and form a patty, then drop it into the hot pan.
    Star Tribune, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Season both sides of patties with ½ teaspoon each of the salt and pepper.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Chiles spice up these burgers three ways: grilled and placed atop the patty, in the pepper jack cheese, and in the chipotle mayo.
    Magdalena O'Neal, Sunset Magazine, 29 Dec. 2020
  • The patty gets topped with fontina cheese and black truffle mayo.
    Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The beef patties are used exclusively in Quarter Pounders and the slivered onions are rarely on other items.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Hamburger patties are usually made with meat from many butchered cows that is then ground, seasoned, and formed.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024

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