nutty

Example Sentences

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You probably know it already — you’ve seen oil pumpjacks laboring away in nutty places, like on the La Cienega Boulevard shortcut through Baldwin Hills to the airport.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

You want real color — the kind that smells savory and faintly nutty.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

“Things have reached such a nutty point where Caterpillar’s power and energy business has overtaken everything else the manufacturer does in terms of sales growth across all divisions,” the economist wrote.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

And speaking of nutty, a handful of toasted pine nuts, hazelnuts, pistachios, walnuts, almonds, or even chopped chestnuts never goes amiss.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

Tonic tasted nutty and good, but it felt slimy, like swallowing a frog.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine