ketchup

Example Sentences

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A ghost stuck forever in the Halloween costume she wore — a ketchup bottle — on the night she died.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

What about a cappuccino after dinner, ketchup on pasta or parmesan on seafood pasta?

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Heinz’s North America business before the ketchup giant merged with Kraft Foods in 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

I have tenderness, of course, for the loaf of my childhood — the one bound with Italian breadcrumbs and glossed with ketchup, unapologetically tomato-forward, studded with green pepper.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

“I don’t know. Remember how he moved out of the way to let you get ketchup during lunch yesterday? What if it’s you that he likes?”

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden