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How to use syrup in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Syrup means any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring. Example: “If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup.”

Examples of syrup by meaning

nounAny thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.

  • peaches in syrup
  • In Somerset, for example, the local farmers would often boil down the beet juice to create a honey tender, a viscous syrup that sweetened the harvest porridge.1922, Arthur J. P. Williams, Rural Industries of the West Country, page 42

nounAnything overly sweet or sentimental.

  • Eventually, he or his staunch public tired of his easy-listening syrup, so Price recorded gospel for the Myrrh label before semi-retiring to his Golden Cross Ranch in Texas.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 266

More sentences with syrup

  • If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup.From the entry tap
  • Alice went to the diner and ordered a stack of silver dollars with butter and blueberry syrup.From the entry silver dollar
  • For breakfast he ordered a stack of hotcakes with butter and syrup.From the entry hotcake
  • I'd like syrup on my French toast.From the entry french toast
  • Syrup of ipecac almost always forces an emesis.From the entry emesis
  • Sven ordered a stack of flapjacks with maple syrup, two strips of bacon, and an egg, sunny side up.From the entry flapjack
  • I love how sweet maize syrup is.From the entry maize syrup
  • We told her to give her daughter ten mils of cough syrup and to call us back if the cough gets worse.From the entry mil
  • I’ma gonna lick the syrup off of that face and tickle those ribbies.2024, Robert L. Slater, chapter 5, in No Man’s Land (Deserted Lands; 3), Bellingham, Wash.: Rocket Tears Press, →ISBN. From the entry ribbie
  • It was biscuity, but wasn’t perfumed with golden syrup or earthy with oats.2023 April 22, Yvonne C. Lam, “Supermarket Anzac biscuit taste test: from ‘beautiful’ to ‘an intense workout’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN…. From the entry biscuity
  • Combine the brown sugar, butter, kuromitsu, and corn syrup in a heavy-bottomed pot.2022, Emily J. Bushman, Bake Anime: 75 Sweet Recipes Spotted in—and Inspired by—Your Favorite Anime, New York, N.Y.: Simon Element, Simon…. From the entry kuromitsu
  • Refrigerate the syrup and keep it as long as it remains unfestered.2020, Andrew Willett, Tipples: Book Three: Punches, page 33. From the entry unfestered
  • Lee showed her how to feed the baby with the dexamethasone syrup.2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 245. From the entry dexamethasone
  • How did a German digestif that tastes like cough syrup end up in Leeds nightclubs?2015 January 16, Henry Jeffreys, “Master those moves like Jäger”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry Jägermeister
  • The quintessential Dutch treat is a stroopwafel—syrup sandwiched between two crispy, thin waffles.2015, Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw, Rick Steves Amsterdam & the Netherlands, Berkeley, Calif.: Avalon Travel, →ISBN. From the entry stroopwafel
  • Cheesy filo tiropites, her famous chicken soup – avgolemono – and nutty, cinnamon-spiced baklava drizzled in syrup.2015, Loretta Hill, chapter 5, in The Maxwell Sisters, Sydney, N.S.W.: Bantam, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry tiropita
  • The Cuban cigar has become, in a sense, as Canadian as maple syrup.2014, Chris Turner, How to Breathe Underwater: Field Reports from an Age of Radical Change, Biblioasis, →ISBN, page 220. From the entry Canadian as maple syrup
  • Using a slotted spoon, remove the peel and nuts from the syrup; set aside.2013 February 17, Anissa Helou, The Observer. From the entry slotted spoon
  • And clamped Between the Cartwheels of the stroopwafel, I was the syrup, holding them together, and apart.2012, Lawrence Winkler, “Stroopwafel”, in Between the Cartwheels, [S.l.]: Lawrence Winkler, →ISBN. From the entry stroopwafel
  • Don't forget about our maitini, made with real rock candy and almond orgeat syrup.2012 June 24, “Winetini Sundays”, in Oregon Wine Press, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2025. From the entry orgeat
  • The syrup will nestle into the pockets of the waffle, resulting in pure waffly goodness.2011 September 4, Alana Folen, “Winning me over with waffles”, in Dining Out (Honolulu Star-Advertiser), Honolulu, Haw., via Issuu or…. From the entry waffly
  • Unmold on a serving platter and pour warm caramel syrup over the blueberried top.2010, Rebecca Gray, Gray's Venison Cookbook, GrayBooks LLC, →ISBN, page 41. From the entry blueberried
  • Whipped cream, guacamole, chocolate sauce, maple syrup, potato salad, cottage cheese, fruit salad, jello, pies.2010, H. A. Carson, A Roaring Girl, page 105. From the entry ooey-gooey
  • There is also a ginger root cleanse, an olive oil cleanse, and a maple syrup cleanse.2008, Ruthann Russo, The Raw Food Diet Myth, page 127. From the entry lemon water
  • Sweet and pure, maple syrup epitomizes the Great White North in all its unspoiled glory.2007 March 26, Pamela Cuthbert, “The less sweet side of maple syrup”, in Macleans.ca, retrieved 15 Jun 2008. From the entry Great White North
  • Another favourite is 'Ice Kachang' (a dessert made from ice shavings combined with various syrups and fruits).2007, June Meyer, Memories of Malaya, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 183. From the entry ice kachang
  • English pancakes with sugar and lemon juice, not the flapjacky kind with blueberries and syrup.2007, Alan Jones, ““I Tell You a Further Mystery””, in Roger Ferlo, editor, Heaven, New York, N.Y.: Seabury Books, Church Publishing…. From the entry flapjacky
  • Sucrose is just as bad as high fructose corn syrup," maintains Dr.2006, Connie Bennett, Stephen Sinatra, Sugar Shock!. From the entry high fructose corn syrup
  • Revani, a rich almond cake with cinnamon-brandy syrup, is probably the most popular of all syrup cakes.2006, Barbara Sheen, “Drenched in Syrup”, in Foods of Greece (A Taste of Culture), Farmington Hills, Mich.: KidHaven Press, Thomson Gale…. From the entry revani
  • If pineapple preserves can't be found, use crushed pineapple in very heavy syrup (well-drained).2006, Mary Carter, Susan Fisher, Candace Floyd, American Profile Hometown Cookbook: A Celebration of America's Table, Thomas Nelson…. From the entry Jezebel sauce
  • Such men often disguised their philanthropies in requests for assistance with monumental hog killings and syrup makings.2005, Thad Sitton, James H. Conrad, “Making Do, Getting By”, in Freedom Colonies: Independent Black Texans in the Time of Jim Crow (Jack…. From the entry philanthropy
  • Let's take a look at the sweetener used in most soft drinks, high fructose corn syrup.2005, W. Allan Walker, Eat, Play, and Be Healthy. From the entry high fructose corn syrup
  • A nice hot mug of coffee, a steaming stack of buttered, syruped pancakes.2005, Hollis Seamon, Flesh, New York, N.Y.: Memento Mori Mysteries, →ISBN, page 233. From the entry syruped
  • The dessert is mitsumame with ice cream, cut fruit and diced kanten in syrup.2003 January 29, “Japanese Cuisine”, in The Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C., page 1C. From the entry mitsumame
  • Mickey Kevin reported this important news as he chewed gooey, heavily syruped wads of toast.1986, James Patterson, Black Market, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 210. From the entry syruped
  • But don't neglect downs and ’ludes and codeine cough syrup either.1979 March, P. J. O'Rourke, “How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink”, in National…. From the entry 'lude
  • Maple concrete can be purchased and water added to make maple syrup.1975, Lendal H[enry] Kotschevar, Quantity Food Purchasing, second edition, New York, N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 352. From the entry concrete

Meaning of syrup

  1. noun Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
  2. noun Any viscous liquid.
  3. noun Anything overly sweet or sentimental.

Full definition of syrup

Questions about syrup in a sentence

How do you use syrup in a sentence?
Syrup is used as a noun and verb. For example: “If we tap the maple trees, we can get maple syrup.”
What is a short sentence with syrup?
“peaches in syrup”
What does syrup mean?
Syrup means any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.

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