How to Use loaf in a Sentence

loaf

1 of 2 noun
  • Bake loaves of bread, of course.
    — Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Found a loaf of bread stuffed with pills.
    — Hazlitt, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Grease and flour an 8x5-inch loaf pan.
    — Maddy Bendgen, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Remove loaf from pan and slice.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
  • But don’t leave without a loaf of bread.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas Morning News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But choosing the best loaf pan can be tricky.
    — Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
  • These will keep their loaves fresh and your kitchen stylish for days on end.
    — Francesca Krempa, StyleCaster, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The loaf is elusive, and my feet are tired.
    — Sherah Bloor, The New York Review of Books, 4 Sep. 2025
  • France, of course, had long loaves before this.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Lemon loaf cakes are one of my favorite things to bake.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Today, some loaves of bread will go in the trash.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • In the right hands, even a stubborn loaf can be tamed.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Carrot cake takes loaf form in this sweet quick bread recipe.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
  • As the loaf heats up, moisture on the crust turns to steam.
    — Devra Ferst, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 June 2026
  • Just make sure that the cut area of the loaf isn't exposed to air.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Cool loaf in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes.
    — Jessica Saari Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2026
  • Bread is on offer for those who wish to pick up a loaf on their way out.
    — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Using lower-fat meat can lead to a dry loaf.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Spoon any topping and nuts in pan onto loaf.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Coat a 9- x 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Coat a 9- x 5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • On the surface is a loaf of flowers.
    — Hua Xi, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Form each into a small ball to create the heads for each loaf.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • This loaf is tall and has a lovely, crackly crisp crust.
    — R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Keep an eye on your loaf toward the end of the baking time range.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Compared to its peers, this loaf stood notably tall.
    — Mario Cortez, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
  • If the loaf is whole, pop it in the oven directly on the rack.
    — Devra Ferst, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 June 2026
  • Say goodbye to stale slices and get the most out of every loaf.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The loaf's texture will be more evenly moist and less crumbly.
    — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2023
  • Some people shared creative hacks for the loaf.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025

loaf

2 of 2 verb
  • I spent most of the weekend just loafing around the house.
  • All ducks and geese have to have open water of some kind to roost and loaf on.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2020
  • This, mind you, was not a cruise ship meant to loaf around the Caribbean.
    — Brittany Murray/medianews Group/long Beach Press-Telegram Via Getty Images, Curbed, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Place on the table with a nice warm country loaf to rip into and let the good times begin.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Martin removed his right fielder for loafing on a ball hit to the outfield.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • Hens and drakes pair up and spread out, looking to feed, roost, and loaf in places where they won’t be disturbed by unpaired males.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2020
  • She is seen going over the shots planned for the next day and remembering that some loafing around is planned.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Oct. 2025
  • After more than three decades of hard work as a big league umpire, Mike Winters is ready to loaf.
    — Ben Walker, Star Tribune, 9 Feb. 2021
  • The pair had been loafing for some time among a grove of apple trees on a private residence in Payson.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Progressed from loafing here and there with scant dollars in my pocket, to swaggering to and fro with a bankroll swelling my sock.
    — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Deer spent a lot of time loafing there in January and February, and bucks dropped bone there.
    — Mike Hanback, Outdoor Life, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Matthes, an ecologist who works with Friends of the Koala, grew up naming the koalas that loafed around in her backyard.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
  • Using two spatulas, transfer loaf to a serving platter; cut into eight slices.
    — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Socks' favorite pastimes include napping, loafing and sitting close to his foster mom.
    — Laura Bruck, cleveland.com, 7 May 2017
  • Kids who used to run to the field excited to play, suddenly started loafing to the field wearing their crocs with their heads buried in their phones.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
  • As that sub-6000-rpm power peak implies, this is a car that likes to loaf along on turbo torque rather than race to redline.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 9 Mar. 2020
  • The Rockets are too often content to loaf off of misses, allowing even the most plodding teams to run the ball down their backs.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Understand the difference between roosts, feeds, and loafing spots.
    — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Such loafing on the job following the time change suggests that people are less productive when mildly sleep deprived due to the time change.
    — The Conversation, oregonlive, 3 Nov. 2019
  • Nutria often use these as feeding, grooming, loafing, and sunning platforms.
    — Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Bread Grab a hearty sourdough loaf a few days before Thanksgiving to make your own croutons, stuffing, and bread crumbs.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 5 Oct. 2022
  • This idea spooks a lot of business leaders, who fear team members will loaf when they’re not being monitored or given detailed instruction.
    — John Hall, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
  • There’s concern about people loafing while on government assistance.
    — Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2018
  • Nobody at Success Academy is using the pandemic as an excuse to loaf.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Scoring sourdough directs the expansion and shape of your final bread loaf by creating intentional weak spots.
    — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Instead of the traditional preparation, here the terrine (or loaf pan) is bagged and submerged in the sous vide tub for two hours at 149 degrees.
    — Joe Ray, Wired, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Within a few moments, an antlerless deer emerged, loafing along toward Ronnie, completely unalarmed.
    — Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
  • There obviously are other motives for Fox’s bakers, the Murdochs, to knead more yeast into the Brady loaf.
    — Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2022
  • In other words, subjects responded to the suddenly-more-difficult run by doing a corresponding amount of loafing.
    — Jay Willis, GQ, 1 Oct. 2017
  • The mixture of Dungeness and Jonah crabmeat was unseasoned and seemed scant compared to the engorged sourdough loaf the mixture was swiped onto.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2022

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