zest

Example Sentences

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A little lemon zest can perk up even the simplest of dishes, like scrambled eggs.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

As Helen Zoe Veit tells it in “Picky,” a “childish” appetite used to be one characterized by zest and indiscrimination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

She says it not only gave "her zest for life" back – it saved her marriage.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

Here, she writes, “it is possible to live with great zest, to have red blood and delicate joys.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Incredible that anything could happen to take away this bubbling energy, the zest that fills everything I do.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes