DOUGH in a Sentence

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For DOUGH, below is one of 15 sentences:
In a moment he had so kneaded together the social dough that the drawing room became very lively, and there was a merry buzz of voices.

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 Meanings and Examples of DOUGH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dough
 n.  informal terms for money
 n.  a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll
Classic Sentence:
1  She mixed her dough, we discovered, in an old tin peck-measure that Krajiek had used about the barn.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IV
2  When she took the paste out to bake it, she left smears of dough sticking to the sides of the measure, put the measure on the shelf behind the stove, and let this residue ferment.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IV
3  The next time she made bread, she scraped this sour stuff down into the fresh dough to serve as yeast.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: IV
4  In a moment he had so kneaded together the social dough that the drawing room became very lively, and there was a merry buzz of voices.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 9
5  They say they send their dough to Petersburg.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 28
6  As soon as the wax had softened to the plasticity of dough she kneaded the pieces together.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
7  Not only this, but on the table I found a small ball of black dough or clay, with specks of something which looks like sawdust in it.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
8  There has been some dough standing ready since last night, so I will go and tell Fetinia to try a few pancakes.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
9  In a solitary window a light is flickering where some good burgher is mending his boots, or a baker drawing a batch of dough.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
Example Sentence:
1  If the dough is sticky, add more flour.
2  Beat it until the dough is slightly elastic.
3  Using the heel of your hand, press the dough firmly into shape.
4  Flatten the dough with a press of the hand.
5  She kneaded the dough and left it to rise.
6  When we leaven bread dough, it puffs up, expanding in volume.