turnip

Example Sentences

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The winner takes home a turnip impaled on a rusty six inch nail in a block of wood as a trophy and a blue plaque.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

We make a salad out of turnip sprouts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2023

So what took the turnip off "good men's tables"? Historians Frances Dolan and Mark Overton point to animal feed and crop rotations.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2023

Mom’s Kitchen, located in the once-safe neighborhood where Norris grew up, is a casual place serving baked chicken, turnip greens and candied sweet potatoes.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023

First day I walk in the door, there she be, red-hot and hollering with the colic, fighting that bottle like it’s a rotten turnip.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett