RECIPE in a Sentence

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For RECIPE, below is one of 25 sentences:
Many restaurants only keep a week's supply and if the ban is maintained chefs will have to find other recipes for their customers.

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 Meanings and Examples of RECIPE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
recipe
 n.  medical prescription; a set of directions for making or preparing something, especially food
Classic Sentence:
1  Your mother will add to them a recipe for a certain balsam, which she had from a Bohemian and which has the miraculous virtue of curing all wounds that do not reach the heart.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
2  On leaving the paternal chamber, the young man found his mother, who was waiting for him with the famous recipe of which the counsels we have just repeated would necessitate frequent employment.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER
3  You must give your recipe to Planchet.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 25 PORTHOS
4  She divined that when Aunt Bessie came in with a jar of wild-grape jelly she was waiting in hope of being asked for the recipe.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
5  A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
6  Yet the recipe for the syrup also came from here," said Vassili, "seeing that my sister took it with her.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
7  Carol spoke of recipes for corn-pudding.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
8  He had "recipes" for exterminating from a field, blight, tares, foxtail, and all parasitic growths which destroy the wheat.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1  This recipe book is worth its weight in gold - it tells you everything you need to know about cookery.
2  Turning away under a strong attack is a sure recipe for defeat.
3  This recipe makes three dozen cookies.
4  That's a sure recipe for destroying the economy and creating chaos.
5  The recipe for making the liqueur has been handed down from generation to generation.
6  You can leave the butter out of this recipe if you're on a low-fat diet.
7  You can substitute oil for butter in this recipe.
8  This cornmeal muffin recipe is extremely simple.
9  They say that they also are concerned about the environment but that a moratorium is a recipe for economic disaster.
10  Many restaurants only keep a week's supply and if the ban is maintained chefs will have to find other recipes for their customers.
11  Many restaurants only keep a week's supply and if the ban is maintained chefs will have to find other recipes for their customer.
12  Allrecipes has more than 11370 trusted dessert recipes complete with ratings, reviews and serving tips.
13  It's Tuesday afternoon, the time when various bartenders congregate at The Professor's bar to swap cocktail recipes and discuss new products.
14  Julia Child's recipes enable amateur chefs to create savory delicacies for their guests.
15  Most of these recipes are beyond minimalist: they never do in two steps what can be done in one, and they need no embellishment.