appetizer

Example Sentences

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Chili’s offers a deal with a drink, appetizer and entree that starts at $10.99.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

On standard Italian menus, pasta is known as a “first course,” in what amounts to a second appetizer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

In one way, it’s funny to hear C-suite executives describing this fried appetizer iteration in the kinds of awestruck tones usually reserved for, like, the discovery of penicillin.

From Slate • Aug. 11, 2025

Scattered over the bean base, it adds weight and richness, the carnivorous note that makes this dip feel like dinner, not just an appetizer.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

This had only been an appetizer for him, an interlude before the main event.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros