Sentence examples for a slightly overdone from inspiring English sources

And puddings - a slice of pineapple drenched in kirsch, a plate of tiny desserts, including a slightly overdone butternut squash souffle - merely made up the numbers.

Just consider the potential consequences of, say, bringing out a plate of slightly overdone fish.

But seared daurade, served with ginger butter in a miso consommé, was slightly overdone, as was the pork chop one of the two times I tried it.

"At the end of the day, all those criticisms that get thrown at me, they don't pay my mortgage, so until they do …" Her delivery, for these interludes of indignation, becomes staccato and stage-school, slightly overdone, with a pause for emphasis after each word and a terrifying urgency … "Until.

Grilled sea bream was slightly overdone but enhanced by a deliciously spicy Thai curry sauce.

A fruity, salty barbecue sauce added little to skewers of slightly overdone shrimp.

This did not sound promising, but the theme of Ms. Marant's collection turned out to be only slightly overdone, what with fringe flying from the boots and a couple of suede Pocahontas dresses near the end of her show.

This is slightly overdone, since anyone who thinks that, say, medieval Europe was a friendly, peaceable place can't have thought about it very much.

Cod and monkfish were slightly overdone, though the cod's cloak of fresh chanterelles redeemed it.

There's nothing like the salty tang of beef-flavoured Top Ramen broth and a mouthful of slightly overdone instant noodles.

At Choptank, though, the dish arrives with the shrimp as neatly stacked as socks from the Gap, a full dozen meaty, slightly overdone fatties wedged into a heavy serving tray.