How to Use wing tip in a Sentence

wing tip

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  • Step 6: Fold and tuck the wing tips behind the breasts.
    — Kate Merker, Good Housekeeping, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Tuck the wing tips under the breast, and turn the thighs in toward the body of the turkey.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Tie the legs together with kitchen string and tuck the wing tips under the body.
    — Robin Miller, azcentral, 27 Oct. 2019
  • The floatplane bobs at the dock, its wing tips leaking fuel.
    — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The Rest Any recipe worth its wing tip will tell you that a chicken needs to rest post-roast and pre-carving.
    — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Don’t forget to save the carcass and wing tips for a world-beating pot of collard greens.
    — Elizabeth G. Dunn and Matthew Kronsberg, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2018
  • The front wing is gray with black spots and the wings tips are reticulated black blocks outlined in gray.
    — Beth Burger, Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati.com, 24 Jan. 2020
  • The carcass, feet, wing tips and neck were then saved for broth, but to get even more from the bird, the meaty parts of the wings were turned into hors d’oeuvres or staff meals.
    — David Tanis, New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • The bird still sports the beautiful wing pattern of a crisp black at the wing tips with a stark, white stripe running through both wings.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2019
  • Add chicken to brine: Pat chicken pieces dry; cut breasts in half, and cut off and discard wing tips.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Turn chicken breast side down and use shears to cut along both sides of the backbone to remove it (save for stock along with those wing tips).
    — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Tie ends of legs together with kitchen twine; tuck wing tips behind back.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Prepare the turkey for roasting by pulling out the giblets, cutting off the wing tips with a sharp knife or a scissors and removing the neck.
    — Kim Severson, The Seattle Times, 20 Nov. 2018
  • Aerial footage of the crash site showed the aircraft was painted in bright primary colors with stars and stripes on its wingtips and tail.
    — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • As a rule of thumb, the best dress sneakers to pair with a suit will have an upper that looks like a dress shoe, such as a wingtip, derby, or other lace-up.
    — Todd Plummer, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
  • The young label produces pieces like Tomb Raider–style boots and platform wing tips that have caught the eyes of models like Bella Hadid.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Simply simmer the backbones (or wing tips or necks) in a small pot with water to cover by 2 inches.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • In the front row that day in the early aughts was Deion Sanders — sharply dressed in a floor-length, pinstripe stunna suit, two-toned wing tips and his signature half-inch cut.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Tuck wing tips underneath body (this will prevent them from burning).
    — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 30 Oct. 2017
  • To prepare your turkey for roasting, remove the giblets, gizzard, liver, and neck from the cavity, then tuck the wing tips back behind its body.
    — Heather Finn, Good Housekeeping, 20 Nov. 2018
  • While flying in the Australian bush, Adam Lancaster encountered the aerial predator, which was about 6 feet across from wing tip to wing tip.
    — Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2015
  • Tuck wing tips under body (this will prevent burning). Rub turkey with oil and season with 1 teaspoon salt.
    — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 20 Oct. 2017
  • However, as the hydroplane began to ascend, pilot Henry Arnold nosed it into the wind and caught a wing tip on the surface, causing the aircraft to crash.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Tie ends of legs together with kitchen twine, tuck wing tips under, and let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The Asiana aircraft’s wing tip was also seriously damaged.
    — Mackenzie Schmidt, ajc, 14 May 2018
  • Taking inspiration from the '80s punk scene, these lace-ups cleverly combine a classic wing tip silhouette with a hulking studded tiger head buckle across the front.
    — Tyler Watamanuk, GQ, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Usually stoic, Mo cried several viscous tears that hung from his chin for a small eternity before free-falling toward his wing tips.
    — Alejandro Varela, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
  • That includes, for example, a rubberized coating that keeps the earbuds securely in your ears during rigorous workouts without needing wing tips.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2023

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