peppery

Example Sentences

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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

The characters she has assembled have a peppery intrigue.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Among my food-minded friends, I’ve witnessed exchanges that feel almost intimate in their care: Mason jars of peppery bone broth made for a new mother, cold at the edges and vaguely carnivorous during late-night feedings.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2025

On the day Master’s mother arrived from the village, Ugwu cooked a peppery jollof rice.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie