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How to use peachy in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective

Peachy means resembling a peach, peach-like. Example: “Although this is an apricot pie, it tastes peachy.”

Examples of peachy by meaning

adjectiveResembling a peach, peach-like.

  • Although this is an apricot pie, it tastes peachy.
  • Not quite nude, not quite pink, the peachy sheen is a pretty (and pretty easy) direction for summer.2016 August 21, Eva Wiseman, “Summer lips with a peachy sheen”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

adjectiveVery good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration.

  • Oh, life is just peachy now that winter has come, it’s snowing all the time, and I’m freezing my backside off.

More sentences with peachy

  • I just got this peachy keen new dress.From the entry keen
  • Everything is just peachy keen, isn't it? The deadline is approaching and I have hardly even started yet.From the entry peachy keen
  • Just because someone dies with a will doesn't mean everything's peachy keen.2006, Scott Hatch, Lisa Zimmer Hatch, “Important Legal Concepts Every Paralegal Should Know”, in Paralegal Career For Dummies, John Wiley…. From the entry peachy keen
  • Cyberprep is one answer to the Cyberpunk movement, a peachy keen one.1987 May 1, Mark L. Blackman, APA-Filk, number 34, published 23 April 1987. From the entry cyberprep
  • And your strawberry ice cream can be the strawberriest and your peach ice cream the peachiest.1973, Glenn Andrews, Impromptu Cooking, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, →ISBN, page 216. From the entry strawberry
  • Opaque peachy pinks and beigey oranges, originally represented in abundance on garments and skin, remain only as traces.2001, Mary Coker Joslin, Carolyn J. Watson, The Egerton Genesis, page 194. From the entry beigey
  • Mouthfilling and creamy-smooth, it is peachy and slightly spicy, with biscuity, toasty notes in a high-flavoured, moderately complex style, for drinking now or cellaring.2012, Michael Cooper, Buyer's Guide to New Zealand Wines 2013. From the entry biscuity

Meaning of peachy

  1. adjective Resembling a peach, peach-like.
  2. adjective Very good, excellent, typically used sarcastically to indicate a state of misery, resentment or great frustration.

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Questions about peachy in a sentence

How do you use peachy in a sentence?
Peachy is used as an adjective. For example: “Although this is an apricot pie, it tastes peachy.”
What is a short sentence with peachy?
“I just got this peachy keen new dress.”
What does peachy mean?
Peachy means resembling a peach, peach-like.

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