How to Use milk in a Sentence

milk

1 of 2 noun
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  • In the kitchen, the fridge is stocked with milk props from the Barbie movie.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 16 July 2023
  • Bring on the butter, whole milk, salt, and just hold the guilt.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour in the milk mixture.
    — America's Test Kitchen, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2023
  • The glass mugs come with two spoons to stir milk or sugar.
    — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The Lone Star State pumps out more than 7 million tons of milk per year.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Fill the cup with ice and your favorite milk, then top it off with the boba.
    — Jacorey Moon, goodhousekeeping.com, 4 May 2023
  • Place a milk or water glass at one o'clock beside the plate.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
  • It’s been said that Cleopatra would take milk baths to improve the look and feel of her skin.
    — Annie Blay, Allure, 14 July 2023
  • Check out our list of the best gifts for coffee lovers from travel mugs to milk frothers.
    — Sarah Rose, wsj.com, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Tap the Latte button and the Touch will crank out a latte, even foaming the milk.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Stir the sauce constantly when adding the milk the help prevent lumps.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The luxe part of this scent hails from the light touch of florals, velvety cocoa shell, fresh amyris, and a creamy milk blend.
    — Lily Wohlner, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • It’s found in foods like cheese, eggs, oily fish, milk, yogurt, and liver.
    — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The astronaut puts water into the pack and swishes it around to mix the milk.
    — The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
  • As to the milk, whole or any dairy with higher fat content is best for a creamy texture.
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
  • Add the garlic, Parmesan cheese, sour cream and milk and puree until smooth.
    — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Also, what's the deal with the winning driver drinking milk after the race?
    — Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2023
  • Over 15 percent of all milk sales in the US are for alternative milks.
    — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Some of the best sources of calcium include dairy sources like cheese, milk, and yogurt.
    — Christine Mattheis, Health, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Josh Belinsky, the 28-year-old who’s got milk —minus the lactose.
    — Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Keep dreaming about drinking the milk at the Indy 500, Mr. Milkman.
    — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 15 June 2023
  • Warm the Dairy Add-Ins Add the liquid (such as milk, half-and-half, or cream) gradually.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Schools, which buy about 8% of milk, have not served whole milk for over a decade, yet the 3.25% fat milk is still the most common type of milk sold in the United States.
    — Phil Galewitz, oregonlive, 13 July 2023
  • Add the milk all at once and quickly stir with a fork until the dough comes together in a shaggy mass.
    — cleveland, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Whole milk: Thins the mixture slightly for easy dipping.
    — Katie Jacobs, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Drizzle it on ice cream, squeeze into a smoothie or just add it to milk or a latte and stir.
    — Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • During a skit rehearsal, Bates tells Rolling Stone a cast member went off script and spit milk in her face.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
  • In a quart-size zip-top plastic bag, combine ½ cup whole milk, ½ cup heavy cream, 2 Tbs. sugar, and ½ tsp.
    — Michelle Crouch, Parents, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The rice pudding is made from whole milk, vermicelli, dates and nuts.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Combine eggs, flour, milk, sugar and nutmeg in a blender jar and blend until very smooth.
    — Emily Weinstein, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
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milk

2 of 2 verb
  • In the evening, Attikat drives her cows back to the barn to milk them.
    — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2022
  • No Time to Die tries to milk the poignancy from this idea.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2021
  • As a boy, Mr. Schroeder would get up at 5:30 and milk the cows.
    — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 10 June 2021
  • The farm had once been filled with the sounds and smells of birthing lambs, milking ewes and making cheese.
    — Alisa Tang, Washington Post, 23 July 2023
  • So to milk everything out of that one album wasn’t the thing to do.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Following the turnover on downs, that enabled the Mustangs to milk the clock to seal the win.
    — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The bears live like that for years, milked for bile, withering away.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • Brady, with the ball in his hands, would not find a way to move the ball and milk the clock enough to secure the victory.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2021
  • Most of them – a mix of Holstein and Jersey cows – were waiting to be milked.
    — Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The Trojans recovered an onside kick to milk the rest of the clock.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The restaurant's menu includes a wide swath of tea types, from fruit to milk teas and boba shakes.
    — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Sweetwater gained 5 yards on the play, then milked more than 5 minutes off the clock.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2023
  • But band-leader Fred Wesley knew how to milk a sound for all its worth.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 22 Jan. 2021
  • The kids would wake up in the morning, milk the cows, go to school, come back to help on their farm, and sometimes the neighboring ones.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022
  • No, Dwight has never dealt with smartphones and apps, but the script hits that sort of thing a bit too hard trying to milk laughs.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
  • As part of their contracts, the families were housed and given mutton to eat and cows to milk.
    — Larissa MacFarquhar, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020
  • Towards the final minute of play, Sierra Canyon began to spread the floor to milk the clock to seal the victory.
    — Dana Scott, azcentral, 8 Dec. 2019
  • Cookie milks her in the moonlight, while King Lu, the lookout, perches in a nearby tree.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Take groceries, milk up 20 percent in a year, eggs up 75 percent.
    — CBS News, 12 June 2022
  • The picture is enough not only to vouch for TJ’s grift, but to attach himself to it, trying to milk Will dry.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2022
  • King Lu convinces Cookie, who knows how to milk a cow, to join him on a nocturnal raid on the farm to steal some milk.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2020
  • At first Bellamy’s seemed to be milking it, not Mengniu.
    — The Economist, 5 Dec. 2019
  • And it’s a whole lot better than trying to milk that one last tomato off a dead or dying vine!
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 22 July 2022
  • Bill Belichick is in all his glory these days and plans to milk every second.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Instead of needing a goal-line stop with 4:06 to play, Green Bay was able to milk the rest of the clock, with a pair of third-down conversions to seal it.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2020
  • In horror, Blandón ran to the parlor where Rodríguez and Rosales were milking the cows.
    — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The sunrise crow of a rooster may wake guests in time to help milk the cows and bottle-feed the calves before the breakfast bell starts clanging.
    — Paula Wolf, National Geographic, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Despite being able to run for one first down, the Broncos were only able to milk 1:49 off the clock before punting the ball away.
    — Tyler Kraft, Indianapolis Star, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Sparrows Point took over and rushed the ball deep into Towson’s territory to milk the clock and win the game.
    — Kyle J. Andrews, baltimoresun.com, 26 Mar. 2021
  • All the show had to do to try to milk laughs out of Baldwin’s Trump, on the other hand, was recreate a version of reality.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2020

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