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How to use apricot in a sentence

32 example sentences · noun, adjective

Apricot means a round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside. Example: “Although this is an apricot pie, it tastes peachy.”

Examples of apricot by meaning

nounThe junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.

  • Seven hundred and seventy-eight yards, though I didn't know the exact measurement at the time, plus the fact that the bullet ripped through the victim's apricot tipped me to the fact that we were probably dealing with an experienced sniper.2011, Jordan Gray, Unearthed, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 41
  • I'd aim right for the apricot.2012, Eric Puchner, “Beautiful Monsters”, in Tom Perrotta, editor, The Best American Short Stories 2012, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN...

nounA testicle.

  • Hot water has always made my apricots sag.Quoted in 2014, Tony Thorne, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang (page 10)

More sentences with apricot

  • Although this is an apricot pie, it tastes peachy.From the entry peachy
  • A peach and an apricot? What's the diff?From the entry diff
  • Pippin knots, millefruit biscuits, preserved cherries, and apricot tartlets were Kitty’s for the taking.2022, Laura Frantz, A Heart Adrift, Revell, →ISBN. From the entry millefruit
  • Spread a thin layer of apricot jam over the bulkas and dot with butter.2020, Aden Friedman, “[Ettie Buch] Bulkas (Cinnamon Rolls)”, in My Yiddishe Mama: A Collection of Heritage Recipes and Haimishe Stories…. From the entry bulka
  • Lucuma salicifolia (canistal) and Micropholis mexicana (wild apricot) are the most infested fruit species.2013, Martin Aluja, Fruit Flies: Biology and Management, page 384. From the entry fructification
  • Orange trees and apricot trees huddled amid the gray-silver leaves of gnarled olive-branched trees.2013, Lynny Harris, Midbar III, page 245. From the entry olive-branched
  • I ate a pastry filled with apricot jam and a square of paklava that rivaled my grandmother's.2012, Chris Bohjalian, The Sandcastle Girls, New York, N.Y. […]: Doubleday, →ISBN, pages 50–51. From the entry paklava
  • An apricot glaze adds sheen and a bit of tartness to the finished dessert.2012 April 5, James Newton, Moroccan Cookbook - Moroc Cuisine, Springwood emedia, →ISBN, page 86. From the entry creme patissiere
  • Behind the glass are glistening sachertorten, baked cheesecakes, and sausage rolls with apricots.2009, Time Out, “Luca’s”, in Time Out London Eating & Drinking 2010: London’s Definitive Restaurant Guide, 27th edition, London: Time Out…. From the entry sachertorte
  • A three-quarter apricot is an aprium, which is very apricotlike in tree type and fruit.2007, The home orchard: growing your own deciduous fruit and nut trees (ISBN-10: 1-879906-72-4), page 33. From the entry aprium
  • To combat the sallow tones, olive, medium-dark or caramel skin-toned girls can use an apricot undermakeup moisturizer.1972, Glamour's beauty & health book, →ISBN, page 145. From the entry undermakeup
  • Coral, apricot and peach pinks, henna, brick and tile reds are in this group.1948, Dorothy Cocks, Quick Steps to Beauty and Charm, page 35. From the entry tile red
  • Have ready some syrup, and proceed as directed for apricot compôte.1929, Charles Herman Senn, “Cold Sweets”, in Luncheon and Dinner Sweets, Including the Art of Ice Making, →ISBN, Compôte of Peaches. From the entry compôte
  • These applesaucy muffins with apricot are so fruity-sweet!2011, Jean Paré, “Apple-Cot Muffins”, in Kids Snack ’n’ Bake, Edmonton, Alta.: Company’s Coming Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 102. From the entry applesaucy
  • An apricot palinka made with honey, apricot juice and lime — every bit as captivating as the new food in town.2009 March 13, John Hyland, “Hungarian Rhapsody”, in New York Times. From the entry palinka
  • Hoeryong is known for its white apricots and as the centre of this province’s metallurgical and coal industries.2008, Robert Willoughby, “Northernmost Corner”, in North Korea (Bradt Travel Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 192. From the entry Hoeryong
  • Furthermore, the glaze really tastes like apricots with a hint of Kirsch rather than the bubblegummy taste of lower quality products.1998, Tom Neuhaus, The Informed Chef, Neuhaus Features, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry bubblegummy
  • Dried apricots eaten with cake should be soaked and simmered first, eaten with cheese they should be aboriginally dry.1978, Iris Murdoch, chapter 3, in The Sea, the Sea, London: Chatto & Windus, pages 181–182. From the entry aboriginally
  • The performance was sold out, and Sachertorte—enriched with plenty of cocoa, with apricot jam spread lavishly beneath the chocolate icing—was to be served during intermission.2018, Rodica Doehnert, translated by Alison Layland, chapter 1, in Hotel Sacher: A Novel, Seattle, Wash.: AmazonCrossing, →ISBN, book 1…. From the entry sachertorte
  • Château Dereszla, meanwhile, blends muscat and hárslevelű for a more perfumed dry style that reminded me of delicately floral honey drizzled on apricots.2016 August 14, David Williams, “The rise of furmint”, in The Guardian. From the entry hárslevelű
  • Silver plants bring out the colors of everything else: purple gomphrenas, lime-green nicotianas, the apricot leaves of Caramel, a tough heuchera that can take humidity.2007 August 16, Anne Raver, “A Connecticut Hillside of Feisty Beauties”, in New York Times. From the entry heuchera
  • The best sellers, day to day, month to month, no matter the season, were apricot chicken tenders, sesame noodles, and pasta nests.2005, Rachael Ray, 365: No Repeats : a Year of Deliciously Different Dinners, page 241. From the entry -licious
  • Taking advantage of the river's fertile floodplain, residents of the town of Skardu cultivate apricot, apple, and peach orchards in the sandy soil.1987 October, Galen Rowell, “Baltistan: The 20th Century Comes to Shangri-la”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 529. From the entry fertile
  • These fruits are in season now, along with the plumcot, 50 percent plum and 50 percent apricot, which has been sold on a limited basis until now.2007 July 11, Florence Fabricant, “Food Stuff”, in New York Times. From the entry plumcot
  • It is a world of seizing visual beauty, of shimmering whites and yellows that shift to glowing apricot, pink and violet with the sinking of the saturant sun.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 45. From the entry seizing
  • Meghan’s growing list of As Ever products includes a crepe mix, a shortbread mix with flower sprinkles, apricot spread in “keepsake packaging”, a limited-edition orange blossom honey and various teas.2025 July 1, Edward Helmore, “Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, launches ‘thoughtful’ collection of wines”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry keepsake
  • While locals load up on sourdough loaves and chocolatines, others make the pilgrimage for a single treat – perhaps an apricot marzipan sun bun or a porchetta honey butter swirl.2025 September 28, Amber Dalton, “The 15 best bakeries in London”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media…. From the entry chocolatine
  • Included on the menu will be fish pirozhky, mushrooms with smetana, caviar, poxharsky chicken, two kinds of borch, beef and cabbage and for dessert blinchiky, apricot kissel or guryeszskaya kasha.1967 October 25, “[Community calendar] Russian dinner”, in News-Pilot, volume 40, number 199, San Pedro, Calif., page 18, column 2. From the entry blinchik
  • Essie brought me a cherry-pitter and some apricot jam and I gave her a patent bottle cover and one veal chop I did not need and so we were even.1938 August 11, Irma Rosenthal Frankenstein, “Staying Afloat during the 1930s”, in Ellen FitzSimmons Steinberg, editor, Irma: A Chicago…. From the entry cherry-pitter

Meaning of apricot

  1. noun A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
  2. noun The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.
  3. noun A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

Full definition of apricot

Questions about apricot in a sentence

How do you use apricot in a sentence?
Apricot is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “Although this is an apricot pie, it tastes peachy.”
What is a short sentence with apricot?
“I'd aim right for the apricot.”
What does apricot mean?
Apricot means a round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.

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