Spicing is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Spicing meaning
present participle and gerund of spice
Using Spicing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of spice
- In the example corpus, spicing often appears in combinations such as: spicing up, spicing things, and spicing.
Context around Spicing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spicing
- In this selection, "spicing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, medieval, different, tee, things and owing stand out and add context to how "spicing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the spicing is often and at least spicing things up. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spicing" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spicing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Shay Mitchell and Ian Harding are spicing it up! (9 words)
The essential spicing could include mustard, ginger or chilli. (9 words)
Spicing up your meal options in a whole new way. (10 words)
Throwing on a blazer adds an instant air of sophistication and style, whether it’s elevating jeans and a white tee, spicing up a slip dress or going the suiting route with a pair of wide-legged pants. (38 words)
Intricate spicing and careful cooking ensures there’s plenty of interest (even for carnivores), while the skills of the kitchen also mean that the raw and vegan dishes are among the most accessible of their kind in London. (38 words)
Stranded in Missolonghi with her estranged teenage son and the occasional lover, she careens through her days in a perpetually hungover haze, spicing up her routine patrols with casual cocaine consumption, and the more regular drinks. (36 words)
While there is nothing wrong with that, perhaps you’re interested in spicing things up a tad? (17 words)
Shay Mitchell and Ian Harding are spicing it up! (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
Check the seasoning and spicing, and adjust it if you need to.
The pie is also one of the only foods from Canada's cuisine that draws on medieval spicing.
While there is nothing wrong with that, perhaps you’re interested in spicing things up a tad?
Juicy stories and tips for spicing things up in the bedroom.
They will also have different spicing owing to gyros being Greek, and kebabs Turkish, and Gyro World is the place to try them.
Throwing on a blazer adds an instant air of sophistication and style, whether it’s elevating jeans and a white tee, spicing up a slip dress or going the suiting route with a pair of wide-legged pants.
Yes, the former is mainly built around base gravies, and the spicing is often brutishly unsubtle.
Cain then tried his hand at national politics, spicing up the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination with his lively interviews and debate performances.
Intricate spicing and careful cooking ensures there’s plenty of interest (even for carnivores), while the skills of the kitchen also mean that the raw and vegan dishes are among the most accessible of their kind in London.
Queso blanco is always a crowd pleaser and you can’t go wrong spicing it up by adding in jalapeños, diced tomatoes or even some brisket.
Spicing up your meal options in a whole new way.
We upped those quantities but opted to keep the spicing the same otherwise.
But things are spicing up with a combination of craft beer and craft pizza.
Stranded in Missolonghi with her estranged teenage son and the occasional lover, she careens through her days in a perpetually hungover haze, spicing up her routine patrols with casual cocaine consumption, and the more regular drinks.
Subtler spicing in a coconut soup with prawns and sweetcorn bobbing in the broth is also noted.
The unexpected will break through your day, forcing a quick decision or at least spicing things up.
Every Friday is Prime Rib night, so you know we’ll be there, listening to the occasional band spicing up the night while the sun goes down.
Shay Mitchell and Ian Harding are spicing it up!
The essential spicing could include mustard, ginger or chilli.
This area is not in my daily routine, so I always feel I’m spicing things up when I go there.
Common combinations with spicing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- spicing up 7×
- spicing things 4×
- and spicing 2×
- spicing and 2×
- the spicing 2×
- spicing it 2×
- are spicing 2×