How to Use lard in a Sentence

lard

1 of 2 verb
  • Nor does the kitchen try to lard extra umami into every dish.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Refrain from blowing up your image or larding up the contents of your bank account.
    — Joseph Trinidad, Longreads, 16 June 2026
  • There should be no larding it up or loading it down with extraneous measures.
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
  • It will get larded up with favors to win over various constituencies.
    — David Roberts, Vox, 22 June 2018
  • That is unless the economy is already too brittle and larded with debt to handle the shocks.
    — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2020
  • It's not larded up with exotic new features that add cost and complexity.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2020
  • His bio, published in our program booklets that night, was larded with publicist’s overkill, as almost all bios in music are.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 30 Aug. 2019
  • There are concerns that the bill is being larded up with red tape, or non-core progressive priorities, that will undermine the bill.
    — Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The more Jacobs lards his talky screenplay with blocks of explanatory prose, the less convincing or clear his story becomes.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2017
  • The first half of it is larded with talk of foreign policy -- all built around the idea that foreign countries are playing the US for the fool.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 29 May 2017
  • And because spending bill like this one are absolutely larded with goodies for specific members of each party.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 22 Mar. 2018
  • In a sport larded with conservatives, Alexander favored Bernie Sanders last fall.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 12 Aug. 2017
  • On the page, Sanders’s case—so electric on the campaign trail—was larded down with repetitive statistics and digressions.
    — Ruth Graham, Slate Magazine, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Jarmusch lards his script with self-referential nods that reward viewers heavily invested in their own cool, in-on-it knowingness.
    — Ann Hornaday, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2019
  • Yet, Hornacek’s rotation was larded with rookies and unproven players against the Raptors.
    — Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2017
  • Piccata is an Italian word for larded, which some say derives from the French word pique, or piquant, which means tangy, spicy, sharp, zesty and so on (the synonyms abound).
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
  • For the last several years, private equity firms have wreaked havoc on the industry, destroying profitable chains by larding them up with unsustainable levels of debt.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Soon the screen is being larded up with so many shimmering magical portals and glowing compasses and attacking floorboards that the movie is cheesier than a gouda factory.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 4 Aug. 2017
  • While there are a few pieces of classic modern furniture, including chairs by Roland Rainer and Eames, the designers avoided larding the space with pricey finds.
    — Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The coniglio alla cacciatora, or hunter’s rabbit, came as nubs of tender, gamey meat on a bed of polenta larded with cheese and butter, and the onglet appeared as great red slices of skirt steak, alongside al-dente chickpeas.
    — Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2017
  • Rather than lard the list with expensive wines, as so many high-end restaurants do, Frenchette has devoted much of its lineup to the extremely reasonable $50- to $85-a-bottle range.
    — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Turow indulges an almost perverse yen for accuracy by larding Goos’ speech with irritatingly obscure Australianisms.
    — Dennis Drabelle, Orange County Register, 11 May 2017
  • That didn't affect my enjoyment of a moist, crisp-skinned chicken sandwich, or of the Rotisserie Fat Rice, a bowl of perfect sushi grains, cooked in the juices of the birds slowly turning in the rotisserie and then larded with their fat.
    — Brett Martin, GQ, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Add to this that Robert Mueller, that senescent Washington fixture, larded his staff with activist Democrats whose indictments were long on political narrative but short on actual crimes.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 22 Apr. 2020
  • And now, after a series of offseason acquisitions that larded the Patriots’ roster with a multitude of contributors at the skill positions, Belichick can hate your fantasy teams just a little bit more.
    — Pat Fitzmaurice, SI.com, 2 Aug. 2017
  • The measure eventually passed in January 2013, but not until after Cruz and others led a divisive debate over allegations that it was larded up with unnecessary spending.
    — Littice Bacon-Blood, NOLA.com, 30 Aug. 2017

lard

2 of 2 noun
  • Those who want to gild the lily cook it in lard in a skillet.
    — Michael Ruhlman, New York Times, 18 June 2019
  • For example, want to know when your masa has enough lard in it?
    — Twinkle Vanwinkle, Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Place butter, lard or oil in a large saute pan over medium heat.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Chicken fried in lard, in a cast iron skillet, was among them.
    — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 21 May 2018
  • Its skin was pasty white, with a layer of lard at least two inches thick.
    — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Lupe would have used lard instead of olive oil and raw instead of sautéed onion.
    — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Once the lard has melted add the onions and garlic and cook for five minutes.
    — Naveen Kumar, CNN Underscored, 9 July 2020
  • However, conchas made with lard tend to stay flat and are quite dense.
    — New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Dough that was deep-fried in cauldrons of lard had been served to sailors on the seas for centuries.
    — Fox News, 3 June 2022
  • The other is like being force-fed a bowl of pudding made out of lard and skim milk.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2023
  • In a large Dutch oven or casserole, heat the lard or oil over medium-high heat.
    — Amanda Albee, Dallas News, 13 July 2021
  • Their cotton, corn, lard, and wheat are export crops and are sold in the world market.
    — WSJ, 6 Mar. 2018
  • For bears, the blocks might include fish and fruit, and might have lard layered in between.
    — Erin Davis and Melissa Gray, CNN, 21 July 2019
  • Put the lard in a large wok or a 14-inch skillet and set over medium-high heat.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, star-telegram, 27 June 2017
  • Both employ lard as their fat component.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
  • And that this is potentially going to sort of lard up the whole process.
    — Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Often tiny crumbs of pork, caramelized to a near burn, are trapped in the lard like fossils in amber.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Heat the suet and lard in a heavy pot over a medium-high flame and brown the meat, working in batches.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2022
  • With a mixer, beat the lard, salt and baking powder until light.
    — John Sowell, idahostatesman, 18 Dec. 2017
  • For an extra easy recipe, melt 1 cup of peanut butter with 1 cup of lard on your stove on low.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Sala, or lard, on a slice of bread, is a favorite Ukrainian staple.
    — New York Times, 31 July 2022
  • Simple because the process started with primal pork, skin and all, boiled in lard.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Heat a skillet over medium, adding enough oil or lard to cover the bottom of the pan when hot.
    — Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2021
  • An omelette au lard is made with pig belly (poitrine in French, pancetta in Italian).
    — Bill Buford, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2020
  • At Tommy Tamale, the tamales are lard-free and are filled with beef, pork or chicken.
    — Dallas News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Our home was a giant version of the lard cans used to haul water from the public fountain.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Granny’s lard and lye soap could wash your clothes, hands, hair and anything else, and the recipe hasn’t changed much in a thousand years.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 20 Jan. 2021
  • The mixing of lard and sugar into masa emerged from those same Black foodways.
    — Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Solid vegetable shortening can be used in place of lard, but the texture is not quite the same.
    — Nancy Stohs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Put the lard, cracklings and garlic in a wok or 14-inch frying pan, and set it over high heat.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, star-telegram, 27 June 2017

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