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How to use tangerine in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun, adjective

Tangerine means a slightly ovoid, orange-coloured citrus fruit with a rough peel and a sour-sweet taste which is larger than a clementine and sometimes classed as a variety of mandarin orange. Example: “Vitaly's eyes are dry and red, and on his lower lip he is sporting a chancre the size of a tangerine.”

Examples of tangerine by meaning

nounA slightly ovoid, orange-coloured citrus fruit with a rough peel and a sour-sweet taste which is larger than a...

  • Vitaly's eyes are dry and red, and on his lower lip he is sporting a chancre the size of a tangerine.1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 97

nounA deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.

  • The sun was beginning to set, and under the tangerine sky, Reese tugged his undershirt over his head.2020, Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half, Dialogue Books, page 343

More sentences with tangerine

  • Partida Creus’ “Cart Ver” is atomic tangerine in color and so delicious it’s trouble.2018 March 20, Marissa A. Ross, ““Orange Wine” Needs to Go Away—Hear Me Out”, in Bon Appétit. From the entry atomic tangerine
  • A honey tangerine festival is set to take place in the city Jan. 26-28.2018 January 4, “Honey tangerines”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2022, Photos of the Day. From the entry Douliou
  • Clementines, by the way, are in the Mandarin orange family, which also includes tangerines.2005 January, Sarah Belk King, “1 Food 5 Ways: Clementines”, in Vegetarian Times, number 327, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 108. From the entry mandarin orange
  • It has seeds, and it can't be easily peeled like early tangerines.2001 March 1, Cynthia Hizer, “Winter choices still the best bet”, in The Atlanta Journal Constitution, page H.4. From the entry honey tangerine
  • So why bother with this lumpy thing when you can buy other tangerines that are less trouble?2001 March 1, Cynthia Hizer, “Winter choices still the best bet”, in The Atlanta Journal Constitution, page H.4. From the entry honey tangerine
  • Honey tangerines produced in Yunlin County are displayed at a promotional event held by the Douliou City Office on Thursday.2018 January 4, “Honey tangerines”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2022, Photos of the Day. From the entry Douliou
  • “That's right,” answered Veronica, lightly brushing a few remaining crumbs from off of her tangerine brocade morning coat.2001, Bonnie M Gulan, A Collection of Nodding Off Stories, page 30. From the entry from off of
  • Rather than give an answer, you have to section the tangerine and invite the questioner to have a taste.1988, Thich Nhat Hanh, The Sun My Heart: From Mindfulness to Insight Contemplation, Parallax Press, →ISBN, page 94. From the entry suchness
  • Doing this, you allow him or her to enter the suchness of the tangerine without any verbal or conceptual description.1988, Thich Nhat Hanh, The Sun My Heart: From Mindfulness to Insight Contemplation, Parallax Press, →ISBN, page 94. From the entry suchness
  • We savor the flash of tangerine butterflies or the changing afternoon shadows on the courtyard's yellow ocher walls, made all the more intriguing by protruding stone rainspouts.2007, Karen Witynski, Joe P. Carr, Hacienda Courtyards, page 26. From the entry rainspout
  • And then, far off, around a curve of silver track, comes the trolley, balanced on four small steel-blue wheels, and it is painted the color of tangerines.1966, Ray Bradbury, “The Trolley”, in S Is for Space, London: Granada Publishing, published 1983, →ISBN, page 221. From the entry shimmery

Meaning of tangerine

  1. noun A slightly ovoid, orange-coloured citrus fruit with a rough peel and a sour-sweet taste which is larger than a clementine and sometimes classed as a variety of mandarin orange.
  2. noun A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.
  3. noun A tree that produces tangerines.

Full definition of tangerine

Questions about tangerine in a sentence

How do you use tangerine in a sentence?
Tangerine is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “Vitaly's eyes are dry and red, and on his lower lip he is sporting a chancre the size of a tangerine.”
What is a short sentence with tangerine?
“It has seeds, and it can't be easily peeled like early tangerines.”
What does tangerine mean?
Tangerine means a slightly ovoid, orange-coloured citrus fruit with a rough peel and a sour-sweet taste which is larger than a clementine and sometimes classed as a variety of mandarin orange.

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