pepper

Example Sentences

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While that’s going, sauté thinly sliced onion in a pan until it softens, then add black beans, salt, pepper, paprika, and cumin.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

She can handle herself—she has an industrial-size pepper spray in her backpack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Music from the James Bond films and a night of prog rock classics will pepper this year's BBC Proms, alongside the usual programme of orchestras, operas and soloists.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Or a pinch of red pepper flakes if you want a little spark.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

The midwife, needing to replenish her stores of leather flasks, nutmeg, pepper, and the water in which a murderer had washed his hands, made plans to attend the Saint Swithin’s Day Fair at Gobnet-Under-Green.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman