peppery
Example Sentences
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I took a bite of the buttery Texas toast and the crinkle-cut fries, then dipped them into the creamy, peppery Cane’s Sauce, which tasted something like pickled ranch.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Often smeared on hot buttered toast, it tastes like a fishy, peppery paté, befitting the mock Latin name Osborn gave to it, Patum Peperium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Asked if he likes the peppery salad leaves, the champion, nicknamed the "Popeye of Watercress eating", said: "I don't mind a bit of it mixed in with something."
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
My go-tos are peppery arugula, baby spinach, bitter-but-beautiful radicchio, a good massaged kale or thin ribbons of collard greens.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
The roots of this flower are very good if you boil them long enough to remove the peppery taste.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
