How to Use yeasty in a Sentence

yeasty

adjective
  • The kitchen had a yeasty odor.
  • Soft and chewy on the inside with just a touch of yeasty flavor.
    Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2021
  • For now it’s still alive, making yeasty little burps in the back of my fridge.
    Tejal Rao, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2017
  • The inner bubbles are light and yeasty, as if the dough has been designed to flavor the air itself.
    Washington Post, 12 July 2021
  • The result: An airy, fluffy crumb, a crunchy crust, and an irresistibly yeasty and salty flavor.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2021
  • The bun was also first-rate, with a yeasty flavor that brought it all together.
    Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2021
  • Both Gallego and MacIsaac offer tricks for home cooks that can help get those yeasty darlings fried just right.
    Kristen Hartke, sacbee.com, 30 May 2017
  • Straw-colored, with a slightly yeasty meadow-fresh aroma, the mead is bone dry with hints of citrus and vanilla.
    Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 19 June 2018
  • The base is soft and pillowy, serving as complement and contrast to the gooey four-cheese blend contained within its yeasty walls.
    Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The blend is pinot noir and chardonnay, and the result is a lively sparkler with fine bubbles and a little yeasty, toasty lees character from the bottle aging.
    Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
  • His bottles have the perfect amber color and eau-de-bakery yeasty aroma of a true champagne-method wine.
    Valerie Stivers + Hank Zona, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2021
  • See, in my fevered estimation, fresh soft pretzels, beastily yeasty and warm from the oven, will always be good.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Its blend of the three key grapes is aged long to deliver a wine that is bone-dry and whose tart, snappy apple flavors merge seamlessly with the heady yeasty scent of rising bread dough.
    Marnie Old, Philly.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • For decades the place was synonymous with yeasty homemade rolls, chicken salad and tomato aspic.
    Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Olga and Vadim Berdyayev’s breezy courtyard on the outskirts of Anapa was suffused on a recent afternoon with the rich, yeasty scent of fermenting grapes.
    Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Blended from chardonnay, pinot blanc and pinot nero (the Italian name for pinot noir), this lovely, lively sparkler bursts with red currant and apricot flavors, plus some toasty yeasty notes.
    Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
  • The tasting note described it as: A distinctive yeasty aroma on the nose with green and stone fruit notes and a core of minerality with a bright brisk acidity.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The Little Friend is a worthy Saison imitator, sweet, yeasty and super drinkable, with a bit of a peppery finish.
    Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Other than spending hundreds of millions in yeasty Seidler dough, what has Preller accomplished?
    Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The farro’s nourishing texture is balanced by an exacting acidity and makes for a yeasty somersault in the mouth.
    Valerie Demicheva and Flora Chang, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 July 2021
  • It’s most similar to makgeolli — viscous, with a yeasty flavor in its basic form.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Jura has long been known for its oxidative whites; to make bright, citrusy, yeasty and nutty Vin Jaune, Savagnin must rest in barrels for a minimum of six years and three months with no top-ups to ward off oxygen.
    Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2021
  • While there is some variation with normal vaginal odor, smells that are a tip-off that something is wrong can generally be divided into three camps: fishy odors, zoo-like smells, and yeasty scents.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 22 Aug. 2020
  • The turn of the 19th century was a yeasty period in musical styles, as classicism expanded its expressive range.
    Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Coriander, typically part of the recipe, subtly accentuates the yeasty spice.
    Michael Agnew, Star Tribune, 5 May 2021
  • The sparkling wines in particular have the customary nutty, yeasty flavors that accompany age, in some cases recalling mushrooms and soy.
    Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2021
  • After the silk protein is separated from the sugary, yeasty water in Bolt’s fermentation tanks, it is purified into a powder.
    Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2017
  • This pale yellow junmai (made only with rice, water, koji, and yeast; crafted with rice grains milled to 70 percent of their original size) offers soft, yeasty aromas reminiscent of milk bread and Botan rice candy.
    Ellen Bhang, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2022
  • The musical is ideal for families looking for something yeastier and more complex than the usual sugary diversions.
    Charles Isherwood, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2016

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