How to Use yeasty in a Sentence

yeasty

adjective
  • The kitchen had a yeasty odor.
  • The slugs are attracted to the yeasty odor and drown.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Soft and chewy on the inside with just a touch of yeasty flavor.
    — Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Which of his four adult children will pick up his yeasty mantle?
    — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The bun was also first-rate, with a yeasty flavor that brought it all together.
    — Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2021
  • The extra yeasty flavors of the beer will lend a deeper flavor to this short-cut bread.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Angel biscuits have a yeasty flavor with just a hint of sweetness from sugar.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The inner bubbles are light and yeasty, as if the dough has been designed to flavor the air itself.
    — Washington Post, 12 July 2021
  • The finish leans a bit tacky for my taste and there is a faint yeasty scent (probably due to the marine ferment).
    — Venus Wong, Refinery29, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Straw-colored, with a slightly yeasty meadow-fresh aroma, the mead is bone dry with hints of citrus and vanilla.
    — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 19 June 2018
  • Then there’s beer spilled by the person behind you, which adds unexpected yeasty barley notes and helps the dry bun go down easy.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 19 Feb. 2022
  • His bottles have the perfect amber color and eau-de-bakery yeasty aroma of a true champagne-method wine.
    — Valerie Stivers + Hank Zona, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Both Gallego and MacIsaac offer tricks for home cooks that can help get those yeasty darlings fried just right.
    — Kristen Hartke, sacbee.com, 30 May 2017
  • For decades the place was synonymous with yeasty homemade rolls, chicken salad and tomato aspic.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • See, in my fevered estimation, fresh soft pretzels, beastily yeasty and warm from the oven, will always be good.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The base is soft and pillowy, serving as complement and contrast to the gooey four-cheese blend contained within its yeasty walls.
    — Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Sap has a yeasty or sour odor, indicating bacterial or fungal disease.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The blend is pinot noir and chardonnay, and the result is a lively sparkler with fine bubbles and a little yeasty, toasty lees character from the bottle aging.
    — Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Other than spending hundreds of millions in yeasty Seidler dough, what has Preller accomplished?
    — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Regardless of the occasion, everyone rounds out their meal with a couple bites of pillowy, yeasty, sweet, and slightly tangy goodness.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Its blend of the three key grapes is aged long to deliver a wine that is bone-dry and whose tart, snappy apple flavors merge seamlessly with the heady yeasty scent of rising bread dough.
    — Marnie Old, Philly.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The farro’s nourishing texture is balanced by an exacting acidity and makes for a yeasty somersault in the mouth.
    — Valerie Demicheva and Flora Chang, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 July 2021
  • Coriander, typically part of the recipe, subtly accentuates the yeasty spice.
    — Michael Agnew, Star Tribune, 5 May 2021
  • Blended from chardonnay, pinot blanc and pinot nero (the Italian name for pinot noir), this lovely, lively sparkler bursts with red currant and apricot flavors, plus some toasty yeasty notes.
    — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
  • As the bourbon opens up, additional aromas of yeasty, tangy unbaked sourdough bread, cornmeal cake and baking spices of cinnamon, nutmeg and clove emerge.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The sparkling wines in particular have the customary nutty, yeasty flavors that accompany age, in some cases recalling mushrooms and soy.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2021
  • The turn of the 19th century was a yeasty period in musical styles, as classicism expanded its expressive range.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The musical is ideal for families looking for something yeastier and more complex than the usual sugary diversions.
    — Charles Isherwood, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2016
  • The Little Friend is a worthy Saison imitator, sweet, yeasty and super drinkable, with a bit of a peppery finish.
    — Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Perfect for pairing with a trip through their enormous salad bar and a scoop of mashed potatoes and creamed spinach (and timberline chili and mac and cheese), and one of their famous yeasty dinner rolls slathered with honey butter.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026

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