gourmand

Example Sentences

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So your giftee is a gourmand, a big-league griller, a hot-sauce head.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Ariana Grande’s “Sweet Like Candy” and iconic “Cloud” scents are known for their sugary, cotton candy-esque, gourmand profiles.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2025

A tenure at McDonald’s makes for a notable juxtaposition with Harris’ reputation as a gourmand.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

That novel features one of the most indelible characters in culinary fiction, a gourmand whom the author Marcel Rouff loosely based on the French culinary writer Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, born in 1755.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024

This, from a man who had a reputation for being quite the gourmand, was telling in and of itself.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman