On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Leaven. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as leavening or raise and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Leaven meaning
- Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
- Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change.
- Chametz.
Using Leaven
- The main meaning on this page is: Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods. | Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change. | Chametz.
- Useful related words include: leavening, raise, get up, elevate.
- In the example corpus, leaven often appears in combinations such as: leaven the, to leaven, the leaven.
Context around Leaven
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Leaven
- In this selection, "leaven" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, romance, containing, changes, lou and fermented stand out and add context to how "leaven" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ability to leaven even sentiments and agents they leaven by chemical. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "leaven" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with leaven
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Other colleagues provided input—attempting to leaven the message. (9 words)
But Miller had an ability to leaven even sentiments as dark as these. (13 words)
Halbmaier appreciates the opportunity to contribute to The Leaven’s physical newspaper and its online presence. (16 words)
A graduate of Gilles Peterson’s Future Bubblers scheme, the singer-songwriter has a haunting tenor that elevates tunes laced with fizzing reverb and chewy broken beats, firing off golden guitar riffs that leaven the chaos. (36 words)
Juries are often justified because they leaven the law with community norms. citation A jury trial verdict in a case is binding only in that case, and is not a legally binding precedent in other cases. (36 words)
At this new dawn marked by her 60th year, Lourdes School of Mandaluyong renews its commitment to form authentic Christian gentlemen who are light, salt, and leaven to the world. (30 words)
Example sentences (15)
And unlike The Infinite Monkey Cage it didn’t feel the need to leaven the learning with humour.
It is to let the seed of the Incarnation bloom within us; it is to cooperate in the work of the Lord, who, like leaven, changes the world.
Halbmaier appreciates the opportunity to contribute to The Leaven’s physical newspaper and its online presence.
Port cities teem with elegant sailing ships, costumes are colorful and pockets of humor and romance leaven the action sequences.
At this new dawn marked by her 60th year, Lourdes School of Mandaluyong renews its commitment to form authentic Christian gentlemen who are light, salt, and leaven to the world.
Before Passover, Jewish families eliminate all foods containing leaven () from their homes, in imitation of the Israelites who had to flee in haste ().
But Miller had an ability to leaven even sentiments as dark as these.
Other colleagues provided input—attempting to leaven the message.
A graduate of Gilles Peterson’s Future Bubblers scheme, the singer-songwriter has a haunting tenor that elevates tunes laced with fizzing reverb and chewy broken beats, firing off golden guitar riffs that leaven the chaos.
It starts to challenge and leaven Lou’s self-absorption, and both character and story make more sense.
Although these are defined in English as leavening agents, they leaven by chemical reaction, not by biological fermentation.
Juries are often justified because they leaven the law with community norms. citation A jury trial verdict in a case is binding only in that case, and is not a legally binding precedent in other cases.
Terminology The word "Kvass" is derived from Old Church Slavonic квасъ from Proto-Slavic *kvasъ ("leaven", "fermented drink") and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European base kwat.
They are used to leaven bread, and to convert sugars to alcohol in wine and beer.
Unlike the Latin Church, the Byzantine Rite uses leavened bread, with the leaven symbolizing the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Common combinations with leaven
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- leaven the 5×
- to leaven 4×
- the leaven 2×
- and leaven 2×
- they leaven 2×