How to Use uncured in a Sentence

uncured

adjective
  • From thick cut to uncured and dry rubbed, here's your guide to the best bacons at the supermarket.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2024
  • From thick cut to uncured and dry rubbed, here's your guide to the best bacons at the supermarket.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The real cause of gel nail allergies is too much ‘wet’ or uncured gel getting into the skin.
    — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 9 July 2024
  • Her improved—but uncured—speech has left her in a perpetual state of in-between.
    — Rachel Hoge, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Nolan Ryan Beef is leaving the nitrites behind with the launch of uncured beef franks.
    — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, 17 July 2019
  • Fatty strips of kurobuta pork jowl are seared with lemon and soy into savory nuggets of uncured Japanese bacon.
    — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 9 Dec. 2017
  • But if soccer can pass this test and remain vigilant in the face of an uncured virus, that’s an important breakthrough for the broader sports world.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 13 July 2020
  • Pick up a charcuterie board featuring local and imported cheeses, salamis and uncured meats to go and enjoy with your wine to make an evening of wining and dining.
    — Jillian Mueller, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In the drawers below, Hadid showed off some apples, cheese, more hummus, and organic uncured salami.
    — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Oct. 2018
  • This technique involves a bath of sticky, goopy resin sitting in a glass tank that’s uncured; a UV laser beam and multiple mirrors cure one layer at a time.
    — Charlotte Hu, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Sometimes uncured tobacco powders were consumed during these procedures.
    — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
  • When shopping for a baked ham, Michael Saperstein of Sunshine Provisions says to look for uncured, heritage, or natural on the label.
    — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Complimentary breakfast now includes bacon, egg and cheese souffle made with cage-free eggs, really amazing, baked with uncured bacon, white cheddar with red bliss roasted potatoes and onions, and a baked croissant with butter.
    — John Christopher Fine, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
  • These gastronomical orgies typically are accompanied by the mandatory bull roast — the local version of pit beef, steamed shrimp, fresh (uncured) hams, sauerkraut with pigs knuckles, potato salad, coleslaw, hot dogs, cold cuts and baked beans.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Machines like the Photon M7 Max integrate hangers like this to help the resin drip away quickly prior to removing the build plate and eliminate the risk of dripping uncured resin on the machine or worktable.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 2 May 2026
  • Cheshire’s project specifications required that the work be done under dry conditions along with environmental controls to prevent uncured geopolymer mortar from leaking into Cuff Brook.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The show brings together a weekly live broadcast with a 24/7 digital platform to help people who are suffering from undiagnosed, misdiagnosed or uncured medical mysteries.
    — Darcel Rockett, chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Patients who are not pregnant can use the antibiotic doxycycline to treat syphilis, but health officials are concerned that the 14- to 28-day timeline of treatment is difficult to complete, leaving infected people uncured.
    — Bymike Stobbe, Fortune Well, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The hope is that through the power of crowdsourcing, users around the world can get help with their undiagnosed, misdiagnosed or uncured medical conditions, not dissimilarly from El Moussa’s fateful connection.
    — Madison Roberts, PEOPLE.com, 18 June 2019
  • Disney Jewelry-Making Kits Disney jewelry-making kits have been recalled due to the risk of possible skin, eye, and respiratory irritation from uncured resin.
    — Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025

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