How to Use spaghetti in a Sentence

spaghetti

noun
  • The top of the gown featured a bralette bodice with a cutout over the high waist and spaghetti straps.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Add the tomatoes, eggplant, and onions to the spaghetti.
    Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
  • For his The Crunchy Part of the Lasagna, the chef transformed spaghetti into lasagna.
    Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2022
  • GIFs of a cat and a plate of spaghetti and meatballs were pasted in over the clip.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • And that's sort of my job as dad to prepare the spaghetti and meatballs.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2023
  • In the first pan, brown the garlic over high heat for about 30 seconds and then add the raw spaghetti.
    CNN, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Add the sauce to the spaghetti, and shake the pan so that each strand of pasta is coated with the cheese mixture.
    Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The look featured spaghetti straps, and a small slit in the short skirt over one thigh, and the front was covered with bows.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 27 Nov. 2022
  • My spaghetti noodle rod didn't have enough backbone to stretch the line and drive the hook through the thick jaw of a big fish.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Most spaghetti models keep the storm north of the Caribbean.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Try them in a spaghetti sauce or in a meatball sandwich.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The star paired the dark skirt with a red button-down shirt layered over a black spaghetti-strap tank.
    Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 July 2022
  • Quibi was full of spaghetti content — noodles thrown at the wall to see what sticks.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Serve Place spaghetti on plate and sprinkle with cheese, then place salmon on top.
    Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2024
  • With a menu of spaghetti, meatballs and a s'getti sandwich, fans can pick-up the food from the spot's walk-up window.
    People Staff, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Who knew spaghetti could teach you about the multiverse?
    David Betancourt, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • Those broken bits of spaghetti that fly out of the box and land everywhere except in the pot.
    Pat Myers, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Some pair the sauce with rigatoni instead of spaghetti.
    Laura May Todd Enea Arienti, New York Times, 17 May 2024
  • Her mother's dress featured spaghetti straps, a thigh-high slit, and a ruched bodice.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 27 Dec. 2022
  • When the bad guys hungrily scarf down plates of spaghetti, the marinara sauce looks … OK.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The piece featured sleek spaghetti straps and side slit pockets.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Aug. 2022
  • How to make spaghetti tonno e burro Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
    Megan Litt, Bon Appétit, 5 Sep. 2023
  • For this pasta dish, Payne advises that the first step is to put a pot of water on to boil for the spaghetti.
    Ann Maloney, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
  • To this day, the thought of her cheesy chicken spaghetti and creamy beef stroganoff rouses a deep urge to return to my youth.
    Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • White soy and hijiki give the thick strands of spaghetti vongole a funky depth.
    New York Times, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Recently two of the guys made a spaghetti dinner for us.
    Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
  • The jumpsuit offers full coverage of the legs with thin spaghetti straps on the shoulders.
    Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The menu will feature spaghetti with sauce and meatball, salad, bread and dessert.
    Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2022
  • In the last pic, Esti made a mess in the kitchen by enjoying a bowl of spaghetti that ended up smeared all over her face, bib and high chair.
    Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Now that drawer is full of cables too: a cold spaghetti of USB connectors that must be sorted and attached to fit the tool and task at hand.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024

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