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zesty

[zes-tee] / ˈzɛs ti /
















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To complement all that bread and cheese, the book also gives recipes for some zesty salads and, if you have room, a rich dessert.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

With its zesty appreciation for the city’s landscape of oddballs, menacing and disarming alike, “Tuner” has some similarity to one of last year’s best pictures, “Caught Stealing.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

This zesty country-pop flirtation was composed, per “In My Lifetime’s” notes, “in the back of a limo as we approached the outskirts of Paducah, Kentucky.”

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

On the front of a can or box is the main label, containing the product name and maybe some zesty marketing copy, while nutrition information is organized in a standardized panel on the back.

From Salon Apr. 29, 2024

Jeffrey’s “Dangerous Pie” was a zesty blend of coffee grounds, raw eggs and their smashed shells, Coke, uncooked bacon, and three Matchbox racing cars.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

With the dawn of Prohibition across the pond, ginger ale eventually eclipsed its zestier cousin.

From Salon Dec. 23, 2021

If you like the dried oregano and other spices common to jarred pizza sauce, add it to the crushed tomatoes for a zestier sauce.

From Washington Times Feb. 16, 2021

The sequence felt emblematic of Washington’s zestier approach this season.

From Washington Post Jul. 18, 2016

She is zestier than an unwaxed citrus fruit and has a get-on-and-do-it attitude that makes her hilariously formidable company.

From The Guardian Jul. 19, 2014

Many vendors are from former Soviet republics like Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia, all of which have sunnier climates — and zestier fare.

From New York Times Sep. 30, 2011

The work of the sculptor Rachel Harrison is both the zestiest and the least digestible in contemporary art.

From The New Yorker Dec. 15, 2014

For admirers of Chase’s achievement in turning The Sopranos into one of the zestiest, most impressive TV epics, is likely to be a big disappointment.

From Time Oct. 5, 2012

Of all Shakespeare’s plays, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” has the zestiest dance sensibility, with its fairy roundels from English folklore and the jaunty, singing rhythm of its poetry.

From Washington Post




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