How to use lime in a sentence

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• This is a product of lime and nitric acid.From the entry product
• I prefer lime ice lollies to lemon ones.From the entry ice lolly
• Lime-cement mortar is also known as composition or "compo" mortar, guarded or gauged mortar. The mix contains, lime, cement and sand in proportions depending on the requirements of the work.From the entry compo
• A mini taco sitting in a lime wedge: Lookatchu and your catering skills.2021, Dustin Harder, “It’s a Handful: Sandwiches, Tacos, and Burritos That Pack a Punch”, in Epic Vegan Quick and Easy: Simple One-Pot and…. From the entry lookatchu
• Traditional flavors, like lime and strawberry, are part of the MargaritaPalooza.2020 July 1, Madalyn Mendoza, “Taco Cabana is about to launch 12 margarita flavors, including a Dr Pepper option”, in San Antonio…. From the entry frosé
• Some like “Tsuma Gaki” or “Murasaki Kiyohime” come out lime green with red edging.2017 April 27, Steve Smith, “Notes from a gardener with a Japanese maple addiction”, in Washington Herald. From the entry brink pink
• That kid for sure just backwashed lime disease into your drink.2015, Josh Nealis, chapter 4, in Stuffed Squirrels & Porcelain Angels, Cutthroat Comics & Publishing, →ISBN, page 92. From the entry goldfish
• By comparison, Key lime pie ($6.99) was a more subtle, yet utterly smackless, option.2014 July 9, Faiyaz Kara, “Cooper's Hawk is a wine-country-fied Cracker Barrel”, in Orlando Weekly. From the entry smackless
• Papaya paired with lime makes for a classic Antigua and Barbudan pie.2014, Jeanne Jacob, Michael Ashkenazi, “[Antigua and Barbuda] Papaya Pie”, in The World Cookbook: The Greatest Recipes from around the…. From the entry Antigua and Barbudan
• Teal or lime green, for example, were particularly hot in third grade.2010, Sarah Cunningham, Picking Dandelions: A Search for Eden Among Life's Weeds, →ISBN, page 65. From the entry eraser dust
• His lime green hair seemed to stick straight up when he saw Jewel.2008, Jennifer Stevenson, The Velvet Chair, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 71, →ISBN. From the entry baristo
• It is then covered with a thin layer of lime paste.2006, M. R. Narayan Swamy, New Delhi, page 31. From the entry paan
• I sent some key lime seeds to Davida last year by US Mail.2002 May 27, Dick Harper, “WREVEL: Lutefisk alert”, in misc.writing (Usenet). From the entry smail
• Bordeaux mixture is a combination of bluestone (copper sulfate) and lime (calcium hydroxide).2001, Steve H. Dreistadt, Integrated Pest Management for Floriculture and Nurseries, University of California Agriculture and Natural…. From the entry bluestone
• "There are many varieties of citrus including sweet and sour oranges, lemons, limes, lemon-limes, calomondin and pomelo."1989, Robert Earle Johannes, Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Collection of Essays. From the entry lemon-lime
• He plucked a few blades of grass and sucked them, tasting dirt and fertilizer and lime.1987, Joseph Monninger, Second Season, page 142. From the entry take a knee
• I will never go in a boat again without salt or limes."1952 September 1, Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 80. From the entry fish
• We watched them put sand and cement and lime and water together.1942, Elizabeth Vernon Hubbard, Your Children at School, How They Adjust and Develop. From the entry squush
• There is also a fine tract of guano, inland, where grow limes, oranges, breadfruit and mummy-apples.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 53. From the entry breadfruit
• They are developed from coastal-plain materials consisting of sand and clay, free from lime carbonates or greensand.1927, L[inwood] L[awrence] Lee, J. E. Tine, “Collington Loam”, in Soil Survey of the Freehold Area, New Jersey (United States Department…. From the entry greensand
• Oil sprays uncombined with lime sulfur appear to have little value as thripicides.1925, Bulletin, Sunkist Growers. Pest Control Dept, page 22. From the entry thripicide
• After washing, the insoluble lime soap is decomposed with hot dilute sulphuric acid.1908, Michael Faraday, The Chemical History of a Candle. From the entry decant
• Sweet & Spicy Picklerita jalapeño tequila, pickle, lime, agave, Tajín.2024 June, The Vortex, The Vortex ATL (PDF), archived from the original on 16 Dec 2024. From the entry picklerita
• A light bodied brew with fresh key lime flavour and a subtle note of graham cracker-y pie crust.2023 May 29, “Jasper Brewing, Banff Ave Brewing & Campio Brewing Release Seasonal Beers”, in Canadian Beer News, archived from the…. From the entry graham cracker-y
• A properly made Daiquirí tastes bright with fresh lime juice, refreshing as anything, and dangerous in its drinkability.2023, Carey Jones, John McCarthy, “Daiquirís”, in Every Cocktail Has a Twist: Master 25 Classic Drinks and Craft More Than 200 Variations…. From the entry daiquirí
• Bluey does get a lime lesson eventually!2022 January 20, blueypodcast, Twitter. From the entry lime lesson
• In this recipe, we're going to push the tartness and sweetness to the max by quickling the mango with lime juice.2021, Yewande Komolafe, Waffles + Mochi: Get Cooking!, page 56. From the entry quickle
• There are lots of hard disk phosphorous lime soil on the island, and the vegetation is mostly Scaevola sericea.2021, Ming Chen, Fenzhen Su, Fei Cheng, Yu Zhang, Xuege Wang, “Development of a comprehensive assessment model for coral reef island…. From the entry Tree Island
• His client, Thurston, lived in a gold-brick semi on a quiet Dulwich street lined with sticky lime trees.2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 56. From the entry Dulwich
• There's also a "Star-Spangled Banner" margarita, which is described as a "patriotic-themed" drink with lime, strawberry and blue curacao.2020 July 1, Madalyn Mendoza, “Taco Cabana is about to launch 12 margarita flavors, including a Dr Pepper option”, in San Antonio…. From the entry frosé
• Another unique characteristic was their habit of putting a “squizzle,” a squeeze of lime in their morning coffee.2015, Marjorie Tallman, Dictionary of American Folklore. From the entry squizzle
• The lime juice is filled with crushed ice and sugar syrup and is perhaps the finest non-alcoholic beverage I’ve ever tasted.2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 205. From the entry lime juice
• While Giles had money to waste upon gambling marbles, thanks to his three acres of limes, pawpaw, star apples and melon.2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 302. From the entry star apple
• 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

Meaning of lime

1. noun Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
2. noun Any gluey or adhesive substance that traps or captures; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
3. noun A limelight; any spotlight.

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Questions about lime in a sentence

How do you use lime in a sentence?

Lime is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “This is a product of lime and nitric acid.”

What is a short sentence with lime?

“WARNING: This is a lime.”

What does lime mean?

Lime means any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).