mushroom

Example Sentences

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It’s so bad that Ferrari’s Charles LeClerc says, “This is like the mushroom in Mario Kart.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Slice thickly and, if you like, serve with warm brown mushroom gravy.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

The meal begins with scallop brightened with currant and rye-seasoned buttermilk, then slow-cooked reindeer, sirloin and tongue, finished over wood, mushroom purée beneath and fermented cabbage cutting richness.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

When mushroom poisonings make the headlines, people who aren’t a part of the fungi community tend to see those who are as being irresponsible or ruining habitats, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

To do this, they’d cut a small chunk of the horsehoof mushroom that grows on dead birch trees, and set fire to it, then blown it out so that it was just shouldering.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver