How do you use the word "crisp" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "crisp": You have a very crisp way of speaking. People will fry to a crisp in the sun today.

Crisp Meaning

/kɹɪsp/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjSenses relating to curliness.

adjSenses relating to curliness., Of hair: curling, especially in tight, stiff curls or ringlets; also (obsolete), of a person: having hair curled in this manner.

Sentence Examples

You have a very crisp way of speaking.

People will fry to a crisp in the sun today.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

toast chip tender

Antonyms:

tough

CEFR Practice Quiz

The fresh morning air was cold and ____, perfect for a long autumn walk.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

You have a very ____ way of speaking.

Word Origin & History

The adjective is derived partly from the following: * Etymology 1, adjective sense 1: Middle English crisp (“curly, wavy”), from Old English crisp (“curly”), from Latin crispus (“of hair: crimped, curly”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kris-, from *(s)ker- (“to bend; to turn”). * Etymology 1, adjective sense 2: from the above, and probably also onomatopoeic, representing a crinkling or crunching sound. Doublet of crape and crepe. Adjective etymology 1, adjective sense 2.2.3 (“of air, weather, etc.: cool and dry”) is transferred from a description of frost or snow as “crisp”, that is, crunchy. The noun is derived partly from the following: * Middle English crisp (“light, crinkled fabric; kind of pastry; crinkliness or roughness of skin”), from crisp (adjective) (see above). * Modern English crisp (adjective) (“having a consistency which is hard yet brittle”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"A certeyn lightning on his headtop gliſtered harmeleſſe. / His criſp locks frizeling, his temples prettelye ſtroaking." — 1582, Virgil, “The Second Booke of Virgil His Aeneis”, in Richard Stanyhurst, transl., The First Foure Bookes of Virgils Æneis, […], London: […] Henrie Bynneman […], published 1583, →OCLC; republished as The First Four Books of the Æneid of Virgil, […], Edinburgh: [Edinburgh Printing Company], 1836, →OCLC, page 56:

"Bulls are more Criſpe vpon the Fore-head than Covves; […]" — 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century. [Experiment Solitary, Touching the Differences of Liuing Creatures, Male & Female.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 852, page 226:

""The Stranger" was a dark, comely, youthful man's head, portentously looking out of a dark, shaded ground, and ambiguously smiling. There was no discoverable drapery; the dark head, with its crisp, curly, jetty hair, seemed just disentangling itself from out of curtains and clouds." — 1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book XXVI. A Walk; a Foreign Portrait; a Sail. And the End.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, section I, page 479:

"[T]he short, soft, and crisp hair resembles Astrachan wool, […]" — 1860, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “Zanzibar and the Mrima Explained”, in The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration […], volume I, London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, →OCLC, page 34:

"[T]hree times did they drinke / Vpon agreement of ſvvift Seuerns floud, / VVho then affrighted vvith their bloudie lookes, / Ran fearefully among the trembling reedes, / And hid his criſpe-head in the hollovv banke, / Bloud-ſtained vvith theſe valiant combatants, […]" — c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], signatures B.iii., recto – B.iii., verso:

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