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honey

[huhn-ee] / ˈhʌn i /


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Adding to the bizarre atmosphere, Garcia said his egg was a bit dry and would benefit from some honey.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

But Kyla says she personally loves the ones which play on the lyrics "baby" and "honey" by using dolls and real honey as props.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

It was a strange little society of meats that belonged neither behind the butcher counter nor among the premium lunch meats — the thin-sliced turkey in its tidy package, the glossy hunk of honey ham.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

Many of her customers add sides of garlic shrimp or honey jerk chicken, with full-size protein sides costing between $7 and $10.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

But I don’t want to ask for honey when she’s already giving me tea for free, so I nod.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

This countertop infusion machine manages every step — drying, decarboxylation, infusion — so you can turn out oils, butters, honeys, and more with reliable results.

From Salon Nov. 20, 2025

Vermont-based Runamok has a serious selection of honeys to play with: Try those infused with hibiscus flower, Arbol chiles or lemon verbena, to name a few.

From Washington Times Jul. 18, 2023

For breakfast, he requires a selection of six honeys and a special mix of muesli, and to end a meal, a plate of local cheese.

From Seattle Times May 8, 2023

Vendors are hawking flower crowns, drinking horns, herbal tea blends and artisanal wildflower honeys while the pop-up taverns declaring “COLD DRYNKS” attend to parched wayfarers.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2022

"Run back in the house now, honeys," the mother said.

From The Man in Gray by Thomas Dixon

They burst into action with an explosion of pyrotechnics and fireworks with Hooligan, which showcased their trademark blend of honeyed harmonies and crisp rap verses.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Cool dawn in a bowl, Soft clouds swirl with honeyed light— Morning blooms in white.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

Think clusters of honeyed oats, a handful of nuts, a whisper of cinnamon or maple, a pinch of sea salt.

From Salon Oct. 23, 2025

And not just catchy phrases: The “nameless” attracts thousands of followers on Instagram with honeyed images and all the proper wellness hashtags.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2025

Briefly their noise covered the honeyed words and the spell broke.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

Russian Journey is his most interesting book to date and offers a penetrating glimpse of the enigmatic bear which is currently bent on retracting its claws and honeying up the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ay, but the young colt winced and whinnied and flung up her heels; and then the King came honeying about her, and this Becket, her father's friend, like enough staved us from her.

From Becket and other plays by Alfred Tennyson, Baron Tennyson

So she set briskly about her task, honeying Eugene the while, for she was confident that this above all things was the thing he needed.

From The "Genius" by Theodore Dreiser

I’d always felt that way, too, till he come honeying round me this spring.

From Captain Pott's Minister by Francis L. (Francis Le Roy) Cooper

But honeying at the whisper of a lord: And one the Master, as a rogue in grain, Veneer'd with sanctimonious theory.'

From Aspects of Modern Oxford by A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley

Within hours Columbia Artists' Vice-President William Judd was on the transatlantic phone with honied words.

From Time Magazine Archive

And I, listening, Found not the salt of the whispers of my girl, Murmur of confused colors, as we lay near sleep; Little wise words and little witty words, Wanton as water, honied with eagerness.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

The fat of the fields husks the voice of the morn, while Demeter is weighing her sheaves; The lotus has honied its lips for the kiss, "and the turtle in mockery grieves."

From Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation by Hiram Hoyt Richmond

The words, in Laura's most honied tones, were wafted back as the pair walked towards the house.

From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Angela Brazil

Each bee is drunken with the honied air: And all the air is eloquent with blue.

From Kentucky Poems by Madison J. Cawein




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