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How to use pita in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun

Pita means a piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels. Example: “I had falafel in pita bread last week - it was delicious!”

Examples of pita by meaning

nounA piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.

  • There is a wide variety of pites, small triangles of butter laden crispy filo dough, voluptuously filled with cheeses, vegetables or spiced meats.1991, Georgia Lyras, Rita Lazarakis, “Filo”, in Yes You Can Cook Greek! Elegant But Easy Greek Cooking, Olathe, Kan.: Cookbook Publishers...
  • A sweet smell of cheese and milk pites permeates the air of the homes of Greek housewives who prepare the pites according to the tradition of their forefathers.1995, Vefa Alexiadou, “Cuisine and Greek Tradition”, in Greek Cuisine, 3rd edition, Thessaloniki: Vefa Alexiadou, →ISBN, page 4
  • Most often pites are made with filo dough, but certainly not always.2002 February, Richard Sterling, Georgia Dacakis, Kate Reeves, “Psomi (Bread)”, in Greece (World Food), Footscray, Vic.: Lonely Planet...

More sentences with pita

  • I had falafel in pita bread last week - it was delicious!From the entry pita bread
  • The stallholder puts salad into an open pita bread, followed by the four falafels, and then liberally covers them with hummus.From the entry falafel
  • Called khubz, the bread is about the size of pita but much denser.2007 June 13, Joan Nathan, “A Moroccan Oven That’s Open to All”, in New York Times. From the entry khubz
  • Or buy a package of whole wheat pita and freeze it.2007, Pamela Peeke, “Frequency: Dashboard Dining, Anyone?”, in Fit to Live: The 5-Point Plan to Become Lean, Strong & Fearless for Life…. From the entry unbingeable
  • When it’s time to go, whip that baby out of the freezer. (That’s the beauty of pitas.2007, Pamela Peeke, “Frequency: Dashboard Dining, Anyone?”, in Fit to Live: The 5-Point Plan to Become Lean, Strong & Fearless for Life…. From the entry unbingeable
  • "Oh my God, I'm having foodgasms here." Sidney chomped into her pita.2005, Naomi Neale, The Mile-High Hair Club. From the entry foodgasm
  • Sfakiani pita, a cheese pie of local fame, something between a crepe and a pancake.2005, Liz Smith, Dishing: Great Dish--and Dishes--from America's Most Beloved Gossip Columnist. From the entry xynomyzithra
  • The hummos was excellent and very filling: thick, garlicky, served with pita bread and garnished nicely.1985 April 27, Lisa Hirschkop, “Great Food, Great Price”, in Gay Community News, page 12. From the entry hummos
  • When it's sandwich time, don't forget about whole-grain pita bread.2005, Jody Whipple, Jorj Morgan, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Good Fat, Good Carb Meals. From the entry sandwich time
  • Stop in the morning for espresso and the pita eggwich (scrambled eggs, peppers, onions and diced tomatoes with provolone).2000, Nancy Woodworth, Richard Woodworth, Getaways for Gourmets in the Northeast, page 266. From the entry eggwich
  • It is baguettes, bagels, braided challahs, big black Russian pumpernickels, light and fluffy German kuchens and Syrian pitas large or small.1989, Martin M. Pegler, editor, Successful Food Merchandising and Display, Retail Reporting Corporation, →ISBN, page 7, column 1. From the entry kuchen
  • The flatbreads can be sliced easily with a pizza cutter when they’re pita consistency; if yours are more crackery, beware of many crumbs.2015, Shanna Mallon, Tim Mallon, “Appetizers”, in The Einkorn Cookbook: Discover the World’s Purest and Most Ancient Form of Wheat, Fair…. From the entry crackery
  • I ate lafa — falafel with all the regular stuffings and sauces wrapped in a pizza size pita instead of being stuffed in it.2003, Holly M. Moskowitz, Finding Falafel, page 58. From the entry falafel

Meaning of pita

  1. noun A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.
  2. noun A fiber obtained from the Agave americana and related species, used for making cordage and paper.
  3. noun The plant which yields the fiber.

Full definition of pita

Questions about pita in a sentence

How do you use pita in a sentence?
Pita is used as a noun. For example: “I had falafel in pita bread last week - it was delicious!”
What is a short sentence with pita?
“When it's sandwich time, don't forget about whole-grain pita bread.”
What does pita mean?
Pita means a piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pita (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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