Sentence examples for desiccate from inspiring English sources

The Towers of Silence in Mumbai (and places such as Hyderabad) have found an alternative in powerful solar concentrators which desiccate the corpse admittedly not in the half-hour that a hungry flock of vultures accomplished, but which still keep to Zarathushtra's injunction not to defile the elements.

At lower levels of relative humidity, paintings on ivory desiccate, shrink, and crack, especially if constrained.

In the past year, it has focussed on reducing usage associated with landscaping, by removing patches of grass from low-traffic areas and letting some of the landscaping between the slides desiccate and brown.

When conditions are hot and dry, they found, eggs desiccate as the sand bakes in the sun, and the babies are unable to break through the packed, scalding substrate.

"They were buried in a tomb, and the tomb was packed solid with volcanic ashes and covered in snow, so they did not desiccate," Dr. Corthals said.

(Still, she added, salt spray from passing cars can desiccate leaves and buds).

'High Art' was perceived by the majority as desiccated, pretentious, irrelevant bullshit - a symbol of the worst traits of the posher classes - while on the other hand the demotic and popular pieces of art that spoke to this majority were regularly demeaned as being formally simplistic, or dismissed as sentimentally inclined, as if this were a fault in itself.

Cookeathope, via GuardianWitness Serves 6-8 125g raw virgin solid coconut oil 3-4 tbsp honey 125g desiccated coconut 2 ripe bananas 60g cocoa powder 1 ripe mango, peeled and thinly sliced 2 ripe passionfruit, pulped 1 In a small saucepan, gently melt 50g of oil.

One of the great things about desiccated coconut is that it makes a wonderful, flavourful, crispy coating.

Combine all of the ingredients and serve in bowls with a dollop of pesto on top and a good sprinkling of toasted desiccated coconut.

530g coconut milk ¾ tsp ground cardamom 160g jaggery, roughly grated (or dark muscovado sugar) 3 eggs 50g caster sugar Coarse sea salt 60g cashew nuts, roasted 30g desiccated coconut Heat the oven to 130C/260F/gas mark ½.