palate

Example Sentences

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Akers has just the palate cleanser in “To Kill a Cook”, a homage to 1970s Manhattan and its fine dining temples.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Habermas was born with a cleft palate that required repeated operations as a child, an experience he later said helped shape his thinking about language and communication.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

“I joke that I use my dad’s palate as a guide.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

If I were unlucky enough to do so, I’d instantly lose my appetite, spitting out those pungent, peppery seeds with such haste and chugging glasses of water in an attempt to clean my palate.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026

He sniffed suspiciously, trying to smelL But his palate was gone, both for smell and taste, and he had a headache.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White