apricot

Example Sentences

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Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

She gave me like a date, you know, and like a dried apricot, so I ate that.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

The apricot Cavapoo has not been seen since she slipped her collar after hearing a firework in October 2022.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

Layer with almond biscotti or ladyfingers, swirl in apricot jam or fresh macerated peaches and finish with a honey drizzle and toasted almonds on top.

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2025

The apricot tree had dropped yellow leaves all around its dark arched branches, and the wind now scattered them around Tayo’s feet.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko