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How to use chartreuse in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun, adjective

Chartreuse means a yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks. Example: “I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse.”

Examples of chartreuse by meaning

nounA yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.

  • Many liqueurs, among them chartreuse and benedictine, have long been held in great esteem as aphrodisiac aids.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 138

nounA greenish-yellow color.

  • Every scrap of vegetation had been scorched from the parched soil, except for growths of black, orange, and chartreuse lichen that, from the air, gave the earth a scabbed and infected appearance.2005, Christopher Paolini, “The Burning Plains”, in Eldest, page 582

More sentences with chartreuse

  • I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse.From the entry shade
  • Why did you paint your room chartreuse? No shade; I'm genuinely curious.From the entry shade
  • I would never want my bathroom decorated in chartreuse and turquoise, but to each his own, I suppose.From the entry to each his own
  • Amaranthus comes in hanging and nonhanging varieties in deep burgundy red or chartreuse green.2009, Jes Gordon, Jessica Baumgardner, Party Like a Rock Star, page 187. From the entry nonhanging
  • Behind him, Saretha looked bewildered as a small, punchy man in a chartreuse Lawyer’s suit raced up to her, talking fast.2017, Gregory Scott Katsoulis, “Terms: $3.99”, in All Rights Reserved, Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Teen, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry punchy
  • This 14 inch high bottle, fired to cone 10 in an electric kiln, has oilspots on a chartreuse glaze.1968, Thomas G. Supensky, Ceramic Art in the School Program, Worcester, Mass.: Davis Publications, →LCCN, page 84. From the entry oilspot
  • If the curtains in a film looked tennis-ball chartreuse and not some paler shade of yellow, it made no difference to the viewer.2013, Rachel Kushner, chapter 6, in Flamethrowers, page 86. From the entry China girl
  • These women vocalists are bound in chartreuse mermaid suits and capped with blunt, white-blond wigs queasily reminiscent of Kathleen Turner's mop in Crimes of Passion.1988 April 16, Elizabeth Pincus, “Taming Upstart Women”, in Gay Community News, page 7. From the entry queasily
  • Chris used a spinning rod with a green-and-white bucktail jig while I cast a chartreuse Angel Hair and white-bucktail Clouser minnow with my 8-weight fly rod.2007 June 23, Norm Zeigler, “The Low-Profile Westport River Offers a High Yield of Fish”, in New York Times. From the entry bucktail

Meaning of chartreuse

  1. noun A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
  2. noun A greenish-yellow color.
  3. noun A kind of enamelled pottery.

Full definition of chartreuse

Questions about chartreuse in a sentence

How do you use chartreuse in a sentence?
Chartreuse is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse.”
What is a short sentence with chartreuse?
“I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse.”
What does chartreuse mean?
Chartreuse means a yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.

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