sherbet

Example Sentences

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Armed with a three-and-a-half-octave range, her voice was “as cool as sherbet, creamy, delicately colored, mildly flavored,” as Ariel Swartley wrote in Rolling Stone magazine in 1979.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2024

Then came the Romans who brought hard durum wheat, and the Arabs who introduced sherbet, couscous and eggplant, not to mention a penchant for stuffed foods, pistachios and spices like saffron and cinnamon.

From Salon • Jul. 31, 2023

Instead, I was drawn to fruity and creamy treats, like cloyingly sweet green tea mochi ice cream, milk tea with boba and strawberry sherbet.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022

“Los Angeles at Evening” has no palm trees in silhouette, but its sherbet shades are unmistakably the sunset of our fair city.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2021

You sucked the sherbet up through the straw and when it was finished you ate the liquorice.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl