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How to use honey in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, adjective, verb

Honey means a sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans. Example: “The honey in the pot should last for years.”

Examples of honey by meaning

nounA sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.

  • The honey in the pot should last for years.

nounA variety of this substance.

  • The physical properties of the different honeys, color, granulation, aroma, flavor, etc., are indicated in the table only in a very general way.1908, United States. Bureau of Chemistry, Bulletin, numbers 110-114

nounA term of affection.

  • Honey, would you take out the trash?
  • Honey, I'm home.

nounA woman, especially an attractive one.

  • Man, there are some fine honeys here tonight!
  • Honeys, basketball, music, I indulged in all of that shit to the max.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 130
  • Unless I have a honey on the line, in which case, hoof it, capiche?2019, Mike Oppenhuizen, “Y.G.A.G.G.” (17:13 from the start), in Wendey Stanzler, director, Atypical, season 3, episode 4, spoken by Zahid...

adjectiveInvolving or resembling honey.

  • Of grapes it is the grapiest; of honey the honiest.1962, Harper’s Bazaar, volume 95, page 204
  • The Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad speaks of the ātman as the honey (madhu) and as the “honiest” of all the honeys.1985, P.T. Raju, Structural Depths of Indian Thought, Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, pages 407–408
  • Have you tried Fuller's(?) organic honey beer?2004 March 13, Janet McKnight, “Beer”, in uk.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on 21 Feb 2024

adjectiveHoney-sweet.

  • No man has any business to say that his boy is honier than he was,—or is.1908 January 25, Rose Melville, “Sis Hopkins’ Sayings”, in The Sandusky Star-Journal, Sandusky, Oh., page twelve
  • Then this guy stalled at my desk, fishing for his wallet, giving me the honeyest smile.1970, Cal, volumes 33–35, page 1
  • It was Neezer who had found Sally for us at his church, where, he testified, the woman sang “with the honeyest voice you ever heard.2005, Lee Siegel, Who Wrote the Book of Love?, Chicago, Ill.; London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 17

More sentences with honey

  • Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys.From the entry beat
  • I'm cold; can you roll over here and cuddle me, honey?From the entry cuddle
  • I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.From the entry entice
  • Honey, have you tucked today? We don't wanna see anything nasty down there.From the entry tuck
  • You need to tell me these things, honey. I'm not a mind-reader.From the entry mind-reader
  • You can add some honey to balance out the sourness of the lemon.From the entry balance out
  • She licked the last of the honey off the spoon before washing it.From the entry lick
  • Honey, the neighbor's dog's doing its business in our yard again.From the entry do one's business
  • I used a honey drizzler to add honey to the mixture.From the entry drizzler
  • Honey, let me tell you, you're gonna want to try this sauce.From the entry let me tell you
  • Don't cry, honey. Tell me what's wrong.From the entry wrong
  • The beekeeper collected honey and beeswax from the hives.From the entry beeswax
  • I'm late, honey. Could you buy a test?From the entry late
  • Honey, I’m OK, but I’ve totaled the car.From the entry total
  • Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.From the entry suppress
  • Look, honey, this ain't my first rodeo, OK? I was doing this when you were in short pants.From the entry not one's first rodeo
  • Look, honey, this ain't my first rodeo, OK? I was doing this job when you were in diapers.From the entry in diapers
  • Honey is the oldest of sweetenings.From the entry sweetening
  • Hello, yes, this is Jasper's wife, but no, I'm sorry, honey, you can't speak with Jasper: he's been with the Lord for some time now.From the entry with the Lord
  • Our local beekeeper leaves jars of honey for sale in his driveway. There's a coffee can for the money, and payment is on the honor system.From the entry honor system
  • A: These biscuits are great! What do you make them with? A: Oh, glad you like them! I make them with real butter and I add honey.From the entry make with
  • It is you who hold with both hands the great sweetwort, brewing it with honey and wine.2024, Jill L. Baker, Culinary Technology of the Ancient Near East, page 2018. From the entry sweetwort
  • In remarkable contrast to these species, with their exposed honey, is the genus Lonicera (the honeysuckle).2023, John Lubbock, Nature Series on British Wild Flowers, page 109. From the entry honey tube
  • But my eye was immediately drawn to the add-on: country ham with tteok and honey.2022 October 4, Nikita Richardson, “Rice Cakes, Rice Rolls, Rice Sweets”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022. From the entry tteok
  • Basically a cold toddy, it's a shaken drink with bourbon, fresh lemon, and honey.2021, Elva Ramirez, Zero Proof: 90 Non-Alcoholic Recipes for Mindful Drinking, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 94. From the entry gold rush
  • And she also said she knows how to make honey joys.2020, Fiona Palmer, Tiny White Lies. From the entry honey joys
  • Tonight we feast on appled meats, foods made of honey mustard, fresh eggs, and handmade juice.2019 February 11, “Fiurgutinnaht”, in The Rusted Barrow. From the entry appled

Meaning of honey

  1. noun A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
  2. noun A variety of this substance.
  3. noun Nectar.

Full definition of honey

Questions about honey in a sentence

How do you use honey in a sentence?
Honey is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “The honey in the pot should last for years.”
What is a short sentence with honey?
“Honey, I'm home.”
What does honey mean?
Honey means a sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.

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