ambrosia

Example Sentences

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For some, though, “fruit salad” still conjures images of syrup-slicked fruit orbs — maybe even veering into ambrosia territory.

From Salon

One of his early experiments was ambrosia — a salad so retro it borders on parody, but so striking in his hands it practically glows.

From Salon

The Kentucky volunteers also have to watch over the trees throughout the year to protect them from the destructive ambrosia beetles, whose larvae would quickly kill half of the orchard if left unchecked.

From Salon

Mostly a holiday treat for Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas, ambrosia of yore was a humble delight.

From Seattle Times

The zombie is ambrosia for the mind of the horror-media buff: it possesses the visual and visceral spectacle of necrosis, the ever-present symbology of death, the excitement of the interminably strange.

From Salon