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How to use strawberry in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, adjective, verb

Strawberry means the sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria. Example: “They went to pick strawberries today.”

Examples of strawberry by meaning

nounThe sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.

  • They went to pick strawberries today.
  • Communication is a kind of beauty, he said – and “beauty manifests itself from the noun itself, without strawberries on the cake.”2019 September 24, Jessie Yeung, quoting Pope Francis, “Pope Francis loves nouns but is ‘allergic’ to adjectives”, in CNN, archived from...
  • Is there a sweeter time of year than strawberry season?2022 May 9, Casey Barber, “Strawberry season has arrived. Here are tips for enjoying spring’s sweetest treat”, in CNN, archived from the...

nounAny plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit).

  • She has the best strawberry patch I've ever seen.

nounA butt plug with one end shaped like a strawberry fruit.

  • “I’m at my happiest when I’m making a video like putting a strawberry in my butt and pushing it out,” she says.2025 November 7, Alessandra Schade, quoting Stella Barey, “‘We’re sick of the OnlyFans model’: Stella Barey’s porn site lets gen Z sex...

adjectiveContaining or having the flavor of strawberries.

  • I'd like a large strawberry shake.
  • We sing you a song of the strawberriest Strawberry Ice Cream on earth.1941 May 8, Chicago Daily Tribune, volume C, number 110, page 8
  • At any rate, you will agree with me that this is the “strawberriest tastin’ ” pie that you’ve ever tasted.1948 May 5, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 100, number 243, St. Louis, Mo., page 3D

adjectiveOf a color similar to the color of strawberry-flavoured products.

  • The strawberry lipstick matched his outfit.
  • They are, at once, beautiful and curious, with their translucent white skin and strawberriest blond hair, looking like a group of Wagner’s Valkyrie lost in a Puccini opera.2006, Ida Liberkowski, Cynthia Malizia, Along the Amalfi Drive, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 282

verbTo gather strawberries.

  • We strawberried in Michigan woods with our fat nanny, and in spring we gathered sand dollars on Daytona, passed smiling into Kodachrome.1994, New England Review, volume 16, page 35

verbTo turn a dark pinkish-red.

  • My hips and elbows were strawberrying painfully.1986, Les Whitten, Sometimes a Hero, page 352

More sentences with strawberry

  • What kind of ice-cream would you like? There's chocolate, strawberry, and lemon.From the entry kind
  • He always spreads his toast with peanut butter and strawberry jam.From the entry spread
  • Did you know he’s a bottle brunette? His natural hair color is strawberry blonde.From the entry bottle
  • Strawberry Perl contains vendored copies of some CPAN modules, designed to allow them to run on Windows.From the entry vendor
  • The strawberries are over now. I picked the last few yesterday.From the entry over
  • When I last tried to eat strawberries I had a terrible allergic reaction.From the entry reaction
  • Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.From the entry running
  • We had strawberry shortcake for breakfast on Saturday and the kids thought it was the bee’s knees.From the entry the bee's knees
  • “Do you want all the strawberries we didn't eat?” “No thank you, I'm full.”From the entry no thank you
  • The entire plan went down the tubes when they found they couldn't get strawberries in December.From the entry go down the tubes
  • We each got double-dips with chocolate on top and strawberry on the bottom.From the entry double-dip
  • Shirley likes to have strawberry with her meringue.From the entry meringue
  • Our milkshakes come in vanilla, strawberry and chocolate flavours.From the entry come
  • The brunch was waffles with strawberries and whipped cream.From the entry waffle
  • Strawberries are particularly delicious with ice cream.From the entry ice cream
  • You have three choices: vanilla, strawberry or chocolate.From the entry choice
  • We went to a strawberry picking last June.From the entry picking
  • Eating strawberries always brings me out in a rash.From the entry bring out
  • I prefer strawberry lolly ices to lemon ones.From the entry lolly ice
  • I live near a U-pick strawberry farm.From the entry U-pick
  • This recipe calls for three kinds of fruit: strawberries, cherries, and rhubarb. Well, strictly speaking, rhubarb is a vegetable.From the entry strictly speaking
  • Wallace’s crêpes are plain, with just powdered sugar and strawberries on the side.2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 234. From the entry crêpe
  • Strawberries, blackberries, boysenberries, raspberries and blueberries are on offer as well as Ranui berries and kotataberries.2020 December 12, Sharon Stephenson, “Three of the best 'pick your own' fruit farms”, in Stuff. From the entry kotataberry
  • 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
  • Start off with a small angel-food cake, split and fill with whipped cream and sliced strawberries.2019 January 23, Ethel G[reenwald] Hofman, “It’s tea time: Bring a bit of ‘Downton Abbey’ home”, in Palm Beach Jewish Journal, page 41…. From the entry angel-food cake
  • So it means you'll always have room for ice cream, flumps, strawberry sauce and a chocolate flake.2016, Kes Gray, A Summer Double Daisy, →ISBN. From the entry flump
  • I sit by the tray and dip a strawberry in the bowl of cream.2016, Gena Showalter, Firstlife, →ISBN. From the entry mouth-gasm
  • They could make all different cupcakes – chocolatey, lemony, strawberry, banana-ey, even heart-shaped ones.2016, Alan MacDonald, chapter 1, in Cupcake Wars! (Angela Nicely), Stripes Publishing, →ISBN, page 11. From the entry banana-ey

Meaning of strawberry

  1. noun The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
  2. noun Any plant of the genus Fragaria (that bears such fruit).
  3. noun The berry of the strawberry tree (Arbutus).

Full definition of strawberry

Questions about strawberry in a sentence

How do you use strawberry in a sentence?
Strawberry is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “They went to pick strawberries today.”
What is a short sentence with strawberry?
“I'd like a large strawberry shake.”
What does strawberry mean?
Strawberry means the sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.

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