vegetables

Example Sentences

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In boiling water, the vegetable’s starches begin to convert to sugars, bringing out a natural sweetness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

It’s one of the few sources of aspartic acid, which, along with glutamic acid, is responsible for the vegetable’s savory, umami flavor.

From Salon • May 14, 2025

She holds a bright-green okra spear and explains how her older Jamaican relatives, like countless Black elders in the U.S., were unfazed by the nutrient-rich vegetable’s slimy texture.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023

Although Kokot admits he knows little of the vegetable's long history, he can relate with the feelings of American pride Ott speaks of.

From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2022

Jrann-Pttt probed the raft concept in her mind, for he found the vegetable's mental processes curiously obscure.

From Collector's Item by Smith, Evelyn E.