How to Use suet in a Sentence

suet

noun
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  • Next, set out suet for the insect eaters and seeds for the seed eaters.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The cakes, dense with ginger and other spices and suet, are a true taste of the past.
    — Ruth Reichl, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The birds, drawn by seed and suet slabs, came soon afterward.
    — Asher Elbein, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Heat the suet and lard in a heavy pot over a medium-high flame and brown the meat, working in batches.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Place suet in a cool, shaded area in amounts that the birds can eat in a few days to keep it from spoiling.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Follow these steps to for how to clean bird feeders for seed or suet.
    — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2023
  • The frozen suet will shatter nicely and not make a slippery mess.
    — Donald Gilliland, The Seattle Times, 24 Dec. 2017
  • In warm weather suet goes bad quickly, which is not good for birds.
    — oregonlive, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The suet wrapped in butcher paper (no plastic) in 10-pound chunks.
    — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
  • These no-melt, all-season suet cakes take away the mess while still providing the tasty treat birds crave.
    — Outdoor Life, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Today there are at least five bluebirds vying for the suet.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023
  • To attract insect-eating birds, feed them suet, a block of beef fat.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 1 Jan. 2021
  • That’s the kind of winter that calls for venison sausages braised in wine, meatballs in a goulash sauce, Irish stew with dumplings heavy on the beef suet.
    — Mike Dunne, sacbee, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Supply them with seed and suet, and install at least one birdbath.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 26 Dec. 2020
  • Keep the feeders stocked with a dry, fresh, diverse offering of seeds and add a suet dough cake to spice things up.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Much of their diet is made up of insects, and suet is a good substitute.
    — Val Cunningham Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021
  • There are 20 seed feeders and eight for suet, plus plenty of trees, shrubs and other plants for food and shelter.
    — Star Tribune, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Store unused bird seed and suet in places not accessible to bears, such as a closed garage.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 25 Mar. 2022
  • This can be added to tube feeders, hoppers or suet feeders.
    — Kristen (kj) Callihan, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Feeders in our yard — eight for seed, three for suet — all are located no more than 20 feet from a tree or bush.
    — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 22 June 2021
  • All the recipes contain a key ingredient that will give some cooks pause: beef suet.
    — Donald Gilliland, The Seattle Times, 24 Dec. 2017
  • When hungry, the birds simply swoop down to gobble up the seed and suet and then, often as not, return to their aerial perch.
    — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 11 Feb. 2022
  • This filling is layered in a suet-laden dough colored by turmeric.
    — New York Times, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Thus, suet should always be presented in a cage/container, not a bare ball hung from a limb.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Downy and hairy woodpeckers will come to bird feeders during winter months to feed on suet.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Oct. 2021
  • There are mesh bags for thistle seed and special wire suet feeders and even just simple platforms for food scraps.
    — Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Woodpeckers and nuthatches love suet feeders hung close to trunks.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Oct. 2020
  • The main course features haggis, a sausage of sheep organs, oatmeal, suet, meat trimmings and spices packed into a sheep’s stomach and boiled.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2021
  • To open a whole new type of bird to your landscape feeding program, consider feeding suet.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Along with currents and/or dried fruit, the dessert's most notable ingredient is suet, or beef or mutton fat.
    — Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY, 30 June 2017

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