Sentence examples for a bit too lean from inspiring English sources
If the meat is a bit too lean, mix in some finely chopped, uncooked fatty bacon.
As usual with town hall-type debates in this league, the average-joe questioners were a bit too intimidated to lean into their questions, which had all the spice of inquiries which had been carefully pre-chewed and reassembled by a staff of NBC News producers.
They'll work, but I think they're a bit too strong for delicate lean meats.
A few moments lean a bit too hard on our dread-filled foreknowledge of Oscar's tragic end.
Service at Neta can lean a bit too far in the how-are-you-enjoying-the-mackerel-tataki direction.
The trick is to balance the edgy, unbearable Jolson with the admirable one, and this time around the show seems to lean a bit too far toward rounding off the rough edges of an abrasive personality.
They lean a bit too much on some stills and video footage from real life, which soon lose their immediacy.
"Color" leans a bit too much toward the lachrymose and has a wrong-note final image.
Horn has taught Jewish literature and history, and her writing comes from a place of deep knowledge and research — but it sometimes leans a bit too heavily on its learning.
At times, though, Poirier leans a bit too heavily on what starts to feel like a reflexive seediness -- two of Ellis's acquaintances turn out to be prostitutes -- and rhythmic outbursts of violence.
The plot leans a bit too heavily on some familiar, sentimental characters and situations (an estranged child, a stripper with a heart of gold, a predictable stumble on the way to redemption), but it is impossible to argue with Mr. Rourke's performance.
