How to Use Thai in a Sentence

Thai

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  • Craft services had put out a buffet of spicy Thai food for lunch.
    — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 2024-04-08
  • Sample menu items include chicken and dumplings or Thai basil shrimp.
    — Women's Health, 2023-04-19
  • The store’s staff also brew black, green and Thai tea in the morning and throughout the day.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 2023-05-24
  • Getting weeknight requests for Thai peanut sauce?
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Crab plays a role, too, in dishes like a perfectly spiced Thai crab curry.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 2024-04-22
  • To garnish each glass, thread 3 pitted green olives onto a long Thai chile and set over glass.
    — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 2023-10-25
  • Boss and Jamie are behind the bar at Thai Angel every day.
    — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 2024-02-27
  • In some ways, Thai Food Near Me has optimized its food, too.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 2023-10-26
  • The scallop crudo—enveloped in Thai chile vinegar and mango and melon juices—is tangy and bright.
    — Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 2023-09-13
  • The woman may have bought the animals in a Thai market and looked to bring them home after a visit.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 2023-10-05
  • Ground chicken stuffed in a tapioca skin at Baan Thai in the District.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 2024-01-10
  • Mango sticky rice might be someone’s first choice for a dessert after eating a fulfilling Thai meal.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 Aug. 2025
  • In 2017, Tayme was cast in the Swedish-Thai crime drama series, Farang.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
  • At first glance, Jo’s Modern Thai can be easy to stereotype as a dime-a-dozen Asian fusion restaurant.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 2021-10-26
  • For over two decades, Basil Thai has been serving uptown with flavorful curries, noodle dishes and stir-fries.
    — Sunny Hubler, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Loungin’ Lizard, La Casita de Cortez, and Thai Cortez are great options in Cortez.
    — Jennifer Broome, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2025
  • There’s trendy hot pot and face-numbing Sichuan spots, as well as relative newcomers like the excellent Thai spot Zaab Zaab.
    — Cathy Erway, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Long Dtai refuses to tone down the heat for tourists—southern Thai cooking is rich with coconut, colored with turmeric, heavy on shrimp paste, and delivers serious chili heat.
    — Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • More than 150 others, some of them children, are still facing sedition charges five years after Thai pro-democracy protests erupted in 2020.
    — Stephen Townley, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Before her hospitalization, Princess Bha was considered a frontrunner, even though Thai tradition favors a male heir.
    — Meredith Kile, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • At the same time, the Thai government has ramped up funding for domestic productions, driving more local films and series onto international festival circuits and global streaming platforms.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
  • For a quick bite, Selby loves häppies for its veggie-forward, Austrian-style steamed buns, while Thai Aroma serves up delectable Thai and Vietnamese dishes.
    — Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Hattari said Netflix has been focusing on authentic Thai content to reflect the community and culture not only for the sake of Thai audiences but international audiences that are also watching the programming.
    — Jim Halterman, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Nitisiri, who is also part of the Pheu Thai party, had run for the prime minister post in 2019 and 2023, having been Thailand’s justice minister in 2013.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The Constitutional Court’s ruling on Friday represents another wave on the turbulent rapids of Thai politics, in which those pushing for change have frequently run foul of the establishment – a small but powerful clique of military, royalist and business elites.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Inspectors shut down the Thai restaurant in Rancho Cordova aftering finding approximately 50 rat droppings below the water heater in the back of the kitchen and about 15 to 25 droppings throughout the corners of the cook’s line, the front counter in the lobby and the back of dry storage area.
    — Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The offerings include signature Banyan Tree therapies like a 180-minute Royal Banyan experience, classic Malaysian, Indonesian, and Thai massages, as well as body scrubs (a highlight is the Turmeric Honey Cleanser), facials, and calming baths.
    — Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2025
  • The University of Hong Kong Business School reported that K-pop girl-group Blackpink’s Lisa, a Thai national, posted the devilish doll on Instagram, which caught the attention of a Thai princess; Labubu even became Thailand’s official tourism ambassador.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Porter has spent most of his time working with quarterback Joe Fagnano and the Huskies’ first team, mixing in with receivers like Skyler Bell and Harper, as well as transfers Thai Chiaokhiao-Bowman (Rice), Reymello Murphy (Arizona) and Chris Parker (Central Michigan).
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025
  • From August 14 to 16, rangers from the Phu Khat Wildlife Sanctuary took part in a three-day patrol of the Khun Nam Ton, Ang Khon Kaen, and Tam Takung Forests in the Nabua Subdistrict, located in Nakhon Thai District, Phitsanulok Province.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2025

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