sugar - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • granulate: Sprinkle with granulated sugar, cinnamon sugar, or spread with chocolate glaze.
  • dissolve: This was the point of heating the water while dissolving the sugar.
  • sprinkle: Arrange peach halves cavity side down and sprinkle brown sugar over.
  • ice: Stir in a little of the icing sugar at a time, then add the rum.

Adjective modifier

  • refined: Humans are clearly not adapted to consume refined sugars.
  • brown: Arrange peach halves cavity side down and sprinkle brown sugar over.
  • unrefined: Great with a twist of lime, a pinch of unrefined sugar and a drop of water.
  • added: Naturally sweet, they can be used in baking to reduce amounts of added sugar.

Modifies a noun

  • beet: Drought is a major cause of loss of sugar beet yield in the UK.
  • cane: The sugar cane used in the rum gives it a silky smooth finish, which is ideal for creating the perfect cocktail.
  • plantation: Slaves were brought from Africa to work on the sugar plantations.
  • syrup: Give your bees a boost with what they no longer find in nature or in refined sugar syrups.
  • refinery: A few years later the building became a sugar refinery, sugar and its refining being a major industry in Bristol for some time.
  • cube: Kalkan was once a Greek enclave and retains its white sugar cube houses.

Noun used with modifier

  • caster: Brush with the egg yolk and milk mixture, sprinkle with caster sugar.
  • icing: Sprinkle the ones you DID cut holes in with icing sugar.
  • blood: In addition to helping me control my weight, exercise has a direct effect of lowering blood sugar.
  • cane: The ingredients are apples, apricots, cane sugar, sultanas, cider vinegar, salt, ginger, garlic and spices.
  • muscovado: Currently I have porridge every morning with a little muscovado sugar or maple syrup just to sweeten it a little.
  • tbsp: Stir the prune puree together with 2 tbsp sugar free muesli into 300ml low fat bio-yoghurt and serve.

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