How to Use doughy in a Sentence

doughy

adjective
  • High humidity can make your loaves turn out doughy.
  • The sushi and sashimi are very good, although the bao are doughy.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
  • What’s doughy, flaky, and packed full of cinnamon?
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Seafood spring rolls were doughy rather than crispy, and the crab and scallop stuffing bland.
    — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 12 Oct. 2019
  • Empanadas are equally grand in scale, with thick bumpy braids, and more doughy than flaky.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2017
  • These doughy treats are also topped with a tangy cream cheese frosting for good measure.
    — Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2026
  • The thick and doughy crust was one of our faves, but the sauce and cheese are understated.
    — cleveland, 10 Mar. 2020
  • The name of the food is wang mandu, which roughly means doughy softball of goodness.
    — chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
  • But the secret highlight on the menu is the peach cobbler, flaky and fresh instead of doughy.
    — Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 27 Sep. 2017
  • The overflow doctor had benevolent eyes and doughy cheeks, like fresh loaves of bread.
    — Nami Mun, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • Everyone will love the soft, doughy texture and the sprinkling of seeds or salt on top.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The pizza is not crispy at all, with a uniquely doughy, airy, pleasantly chewy and very tasty crust.
    — Larry Olmsted, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2017
  • These doughy rolls are crusted with pecorino cheese and enough garlic to make any vampire on the block run away.
    — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • That means doughy foods, like pizza, pasta and bagels, as well as sweets, are strictly off limits.
    — Samantha Cassetty, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2019
  • But the dough balls are too doughy, and there’s not enough of the ice cream (which doesn’t seem to taste like buckwheat tea, at any rate).
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The food is a doughy lifeline between her and her lover, between her and the country of her parents.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Kim Jong Un is a doughy man with an odd haircut and a cartoon villain’s face.
    — Jerry Brewer, The Seattle Times, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The fritters can be served in their own doughy goodness — or be stuffed with cod or another protein.
    — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The piece de resistance was a golden popover served warm from the oven, crisp outside and doughy inside.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • More volume means there’s more room for error, and the thicker base can easily skew doughy or greasy.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Other eats Two doughy pretzels crusted with hop salt ($8) started our meal.
    — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The restaurant offers thin crust and deep dish, but go with the pan pizza, which is perfectly crispy, doughy and cheesy all at once.
    — Joan Niesen and Laken Litman, SI.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Langley, who is 43 and has the doughy look of an aging skater, interrupts.
    — Longreads, 22 Jan. 2018
  • And, for the Aldi pizza, the comments were all about the crust, which everyone thought was too doughy.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2020
  • In countries like Ghana, a doughy mush of cassava (or plantains or yams) called fufu goes with most meals.
    — Popular Science, 20 Apr. 2020
  • If the dumplings are still doughy, cover and continue cooking until finished.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
  • If the dumplings are still doughy, cover and continue cooking until finished.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
  • On Mahila’s opening menu is a $12 dish of sardine puffs, doughy balls made with fish and tomatoes.
    — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 13 June 2019
  • Head to the sunny terrace for crêpe-like regag and doughy saj bread filled with egg, cheese, thyme, or honey, washed down with cardamom milk tea.
    — Nicola Chilton, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Warm and doughy homemade flatbread was served alongside in addition to a garnish of small cubes of raw beet and crushed walnuts.
    — Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 31 Jan. 2018

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