yam

Example Sentences

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I ordered a stir fry of crab and broken rice with greens and yam that came topped with a fried soft-shell crab drizzled with shito, a Ghanaian chili sauce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Mercy Diebiru-Ojo's ambitions are straightforward -- increase Nigerian yam and cassava yields by 500 percent, fight hunger and raise her country's position on the agricultural value chain from a mere grower to a processor.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

And at Chishuru, whose prix fixe dinner menu is priced at £95, egusi — a seed used in soup, usually served with pounded yam — flavors an ice cream accompanying a meringue sponge.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2024

“Sometimes it’s made from pounded yam, but in the Ivory Coast, where I am from, we do it with plantain and yucca,” she said.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024

He nodded as he chewed his yam and greens, and he did not speak until he had swallowed a mouthful and sipped some water.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie