applesauce

Example Sentences

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In the US in 2023, hundreds of children were poisoned by lead from imported cinnamon that made its way into applesauce.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

There is applesauce, made with an apple peeler you crank by hand, simmering on the stove.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

But if she served him applesauce at home, “he’d look at me like I was crazy,” Zeitlin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 19, 2025

As the years passed, her family became reliant on a short list of Olivia’s “safe foods”: chicken nuggets, applesauce, popcorn.

From Slate • Jan. 4, 2025

“Running backward, making applesauce, doing jumping jacks, gargling, blowing bubbles, slicing garlic, making a house out of playing cards, stringing popcorn, organizing furniture, drawing mazes, and making pinatas.”

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff