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How to use peanut in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Peanut means a legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America. Example: “He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.”

Examples of peanut by meaning

nounA legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.

  • He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.

More sentences with peanut

  • He always spreads his toast with peanut butter and strawberry jam.From the entry spread
  • There are many sorts of nuts: peanuts, cashews, pistachios, Brazil nuts and more.From the entry nut
  • The mushrooms, meat, bread, rice, peanuts and potatoes were all good savory foods.From the entry savory
  • He can’t even make himself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? What a nub.From the entry nub
  • Adding too much peanut butter to your Peanut Sauce recipe may cause your sauce to turn out too stiff.From the entry stiff
  • She refilled the jar with peanuts today evening.From the entry jar
  • He’s somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.From the entry suggestion
  • Jessica went into spasms after eating a peanut.From the entry spasm
  • She sat on the back porch hulling peanuts.From the entry hull
  • Do not contaminate the peanut butter with the jelly.From the entry contaminate
  • As a child, my favorite candy was peanut brittle.From the entry brittle
  • Enough already from the peanut gallery; if you think you can do a better job, go right ahead.From the entry peanut gallery
  • It’s a fun job, but it pays peanuts.From the entry peanuts
  • She likes eating peanut butter on toast.From the entry peanut butter
  • Even if you like peanut butter sandwiches, eating the same sandwiches day in, day out will get old.From the entry day in, day out
  • Yuck! This peanut butter is disgusting!From the entry yuck
  • Ew! This peanut butter tastes disgusting!From the entry ew
  • A man kills his wife because she keeps buying the wrong peanut butter?2025 January 17, Alissa Wilkinson, “5 Scenes That Define David Lynch’s Singular Vision”, in The New York Times. From the entry Lynchian
  • For example, having strong opinions about, say, peanut butter is probably a beige flag.2022 September 22, Romano Santos, “Move Over, Red: Beige Flags Are the Newest Dating App Warning Signs.”, in VICE, archived from the…. From the entry beige flag
  • “Peanut butter and jelly.” “What type of jelly?” “I don’t know.2021, Stephen B. Pearl, Freedom’s Law, Brain Lag Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry tradesies
  • They work for somebody for peanuts, do anything, anything they're told, just like BB said.2020, Abigail Padgett, Blue. From the entry delta male
  • The thick, furry twigs of ailanthus suckers leave her fingers stinking of coffee and peanut butter.2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 173. From the entry ailanthus
  • I let Oreo lick my sticky peanut buttery fingers, and like magic, they’re all clean!2017, Ganit Levy, Adir Levy, What Should Danny Do?, Los Angeles, Calif.: Elon Books, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry peanut buttery
  • Peanuts flew everywhere, little legumey pellets spitting into patrons, mirror, and floor like machine gun bullets.2016, Mary Hughes, Bite My Fire, Entangled Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry legumey
  • A bag full of GORP (good ol’ raisins and peanuts) will kick up your energy level fast.2016, Diane Stresing, 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Cleveland including Akron and Canton, 3rd edition, Menasha Ridge Press, →ISBN, page 7. From the entry gorp
  • They sat across from each other on the blanket eating peanut butter and jellies and drinking pop.2015, Susan Behon, Made for Me. From the entry peanut butter and jelly
  • It can be found in most supermarkets near the peanut butter.2015, Karly Campbell, Stack Happy: 70 Flipping Delicious Flapjack Recipes. From the entry cookie butter
  • These delicate melt-in-your mouth cookies have a luscious “peanut buttery” taste without the peanuts.2015, Judi Zucker, Shari Zucker, The Ultimate Allergy-Free Cookbook: Over 150 Easy-to-Make Recipes That Contain No Milk, Eggs, Wheat…. From the entry peanut buttery
  • But I can also say "Dem peanut butter and 'mato sandwiches taste real good" and be understood.2015 March 30, cc, “Snit, when you say cola trusts your views on 'pretty much any topic'...”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet), archived…. From the entry 'mato
  • These peanut butters can be made, in seconds, right before your eyes, sans additives.2014, Lauren Talbot, Clear Skin Detox: A Revolutionary Diet to Heal Your Skin from the Inside Out, Ulysses Press, →ISBN. From the entry peanut butters
  • There's just something about big data and sailor-cursing that complement each other—like peanut butter and mothereffing jelly.2013 December 3, Megan Garber, “Congratulations, Ohio! You Are the Sweariest State in the Union”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic…. From the entry mothereffing
  • If you only have peanut butter, you can also use it instead of the almond butter.2012, Steve G. Jones, Frank Mangano, Power of Thin: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Weight. From the entry almond butter
  • Carefully rotate piece of bread with peanut butter so that peanut-buttered side is facing down.2011, Gary R. Morrison, Steven M. Ross, Howard K. Kalman, Jerrold E. Kemp, Designing Effective Instruction, 6th edition, John Wiley &…. From the entry peanut-buttered
  • The pumello was full of bitter seeds, and these too they ate, nibbling them like peanuts.2011, Judy Schultz, Freddy's War, Brindle & Glass. From the entry pumello
  • This is a spicy variation of Kung Pao Chicken using cashews rather than the more common peanuts.2010, Dick Logue, 500 Low Glycemic Index Recipes, page 413. From the entry cashew
  • A chocolate cakelette, caramel percolating from its warm top, is sided with peanut butter chantilly cream.2009 March 14, Corey Mintz, “Stop and cheer chefs' dedication to quality”, in Toronto Star. From the entry side
  • Clubgoers and jet-laggers, rejoice: you don't have to subsist on stale bar peanuts in Italy.2008 February, Italy, 8th edition, Footscray, Victoria: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 74. From the entry jet-lagger
  • In it there was a spoon and a knife for spreading peanut butter and jam.2007 September 21, P[aul] K. Winter, “Episode 3: A Phalanx of Water Orcs”, in The Eagle Lake Giant – The First Summer, [Victoria, B.C.]…. From the entry peanut butter and jam
  • So far as we can determine, peanut butter has no effect on the rotation of the earth.2003, George August, Ph.D. with Anita Balliro, Ph.D. et al., “The Effects of Peanut Butter on the Rotation of the Earth”, in Annals of…. From the entry peanut butter

Meaning of peanut

  1. noun A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
  2. noun Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).
  3. noun See peanuts (“very small amount”).

Full definition of peanut

Questions about peanut in a sentence

How do you use peanut in a sentence?
Peanut is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.”
What is a short sentence with peanut?
“Ew! This peanut butter tastes disgusting!”
What does peanut mean?
Peanut means a legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: peanut (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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