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verb

past tense of crisp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for crisped
Adjective
  • Vegetarian diners will find lush Mediterranean richness in wood-oven roasted eggplant spiced with tomato harissa, feta and crunchy chickpeas, served with homemade pita.
    Constance Ogle, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
  • A little sweet or a little salty, these crunchy bites play nicely with a creamy cold dip.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 31 July 2025
Verb
  • Zimmerman's 9-year-old son Grant and other young trainers made sure their feathers wouldn't be ruffled by the spotlight.
    Molly Nagle, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The decision to go with a site across the bay, rather than at stadiums in Clearwater or Dunedin, ruffled some Pinellas County feathers.
    Kathryn Varn, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Offer up a loaf of crusty bread to finish off the plate.
    Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
  • Served with crusty bread, this is a perfect and easy summertime dish.
    Mary Ann Esposito, Boston Herald, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Ultimate Confections is also the place to get the quintessential candy bar filled with pistachio cream, layered with crispy phyllo and covered in chocolate.
    Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Instead, it’s got a light, crispy texture that’s more home-style.
    The Denver Post, Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Bánh Anh Em bakes its bread in house—enormous, airy rugby balls of yeast and flour, with crackly thin crusts and a crumb as light as soufflé.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
  • Beating the eggs and the sugar together creates that crackly top.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Back came Rhea, who folded Iyo with a German Superplex for a nearfall.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The Starliner crew members were then folded into the Crew-9 mission, whose spacefarers are continuing to serve out the full duration of their orbital stay.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Crisped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crisped. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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