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How to use vanilla in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, adjective

Vanilla means any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes. Example: “The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor.”

Examples of vanilla by meaning

nounAny tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an...

  • Vanilla itself was transplanted from Madagascar, the main source of the spice, to Polynesia a century ago.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 242

adjectiveOf vanilla.

  • One, vanilla in colour, catches her eye.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN

adjectiveNot kinky, not involving BDSM.

  • An uncharacteristically vanilla threesome and non-cute realist rendering - derived paradoxically from tracing drawings rather than photographs.2006, Felix Lance Falkon, Gay Art: A Historic Collection, →ISBN, page 136
  • While Dominick was more of a vanilla kind of a guy himself, he wasn't a total dunce when it came to the kinkier sides of things.2010, Chloe Stowe, Hard Water, →ISBN, page 37
  • Sebastian could never do that, be in a marriage with a vanilla woman.2014, Christina Thacher, The Negotiation: A BDSM Romance, →ISBN

adjectivePlain; conventional; unimaginative.

  • a vanilla rendition of the concerto

More sentences with vanilla

  • The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor.From the entry admixture
  • I don't consider anything other than root-beer with vanilla ice cream to be a "real" float.From the entry float
  • The cake was delicious: half was vanilla and half was chocolate.From the entry half
  • The remarkable flower bouquet lasts for hours until it dissolves into a sweet vanilla smell.From the entry bouquet
  • The cook combined equal parts chocolate and vanilla batter in the cake.From the entry combined
  • I put a drip of vanilla extract in my hot cocoa.From the entry drip
  • Our pudding a la mode has a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top.From the entry a la mode
  • Jim closed his eyes and licked his vanilla ice cream cone.From the entry lick
  • The frosting had a strong vanillalike flavor, much reminiscent of vanilla ice cream.From the entry vanillalike
  • Our milkshakes come in vanilla, strawberry and chocolate flavours.From the entry come
  • It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.From the entry decision
  • You have three choices: vanilla, strawberry or chocolate.From the entry choice
  • Have you tried the vanilla fudge? It's delicious!From the entry fudge
  • Vanilla extract makes these cookies taste great, but the straight extract tastes bad because the alcohol hasn't evaporated yet.From the entry vanilla extract
  • For dessert, I churned up some vanilla ice cream.From the entry churn up
  • Gun to your head, would you pick chocolate or vanilla?From the entry gun to your head
  • You can’t cocoon your kids in a vanilla fortress of rightthink.2023 October 20, David Ramsey, “Busybody Republicans and their neurotic quest to control public education”, in Arkansas Times. From the entry rightthink
  • The GAN we look at in the next exercise is a vanilla GAN with convolution.2020, Micheal Lanham, Practical AI on the Google Cloud Platform, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 248. From the entry gan
  • More flavor profiles may include a dusting of mocha or vanilla powder, nutmeg or pumpkin-pie spice.2020 October 14, Erin Thorburn, “National Cappuccino Day, the homemade way”, in Ledger-Enquirer, page 6C. From the entry pumpkin-pie spice
  • Call me vanilla but I really don't get hateships or the enemies to lovers trope.2019 April 8, E'dmund Tia (@catboy_on_main), Twitter. From the entry hateship
  • Leaving Lady Margaret to do battle with the bookies, I bought myself a country-baked vanilla slice.2012, June Whyte, Muzzled: A Kat Mckinley Greyhound Mystery, Untreed Reads, unnumbered page. From the entry vanilla slice
  • It is a perfumery accord using vanilla, olibanum, balsamic resins, and citrus to varying degrees.2010, Daphna Havkin-Frenkel, Faith C. Belanger, Handbook of Vanilla Science and Technology, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN. From the entry accord
  • Little tortoni in paper cups, vanilla ice cream topped with macaroon crumbs.2010, Todd Gitlin, Undying: A Novel, Berkeley, Calif.: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry tortoni
  • After which, they shared a crepe suzette with rich vanilla ice cream.2010, Malcolm Boyd, MMX, Pittsburgh, Pa.: RoseDog Books, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry crepe suzette
  • There was the cone with vanilla ice cream and a semihard hood of nut-sprinkled chocolate over that.2009 July 19, Frank Bruni, “I Was a Baby Bulimic”, in New York Times. From the entry semihard
  • He looked up at Gestas and said, “Get me a Carvel vanilla thickshake.” “Sir?” “You heard me.2009, George R. Hopkins, Collateral Consequences: A Mystery/Suspense Novel, →ISBN. From the entry thickshake
  • Warm leftover compôte can turn back-of-the-freezer vanilla ice cream into a more interesting dessert.2009, Fiona Beckett, quoting Guy, “Other Ideas for Fruity Breakfasts”, in The Ultimate Student Cookbook, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, Top…. From the entry compôte
  • I am so flustered that I order a vanilla slice instead of hedgehog.2008, Lili Wilkinson, The Not Quite Perfect Boyfriend, unnumbered page. From the entry hedgehog
  • You ever leave vanilla ice cream in the freezer too long?2008 January 24, David A. Harding, “Feb 01 meeting?”, in CHLUG (Google Groups), archived from the original on 13 Apr 2026. From the entry freezery
  • Add to the sponge: the egg, brownulated sugar, vanilla extract, oil and moshed pumpkin.2004, David A. Anderson, King Arthur Flour Company (Paperback), Arcadia Pub., page 105. From the entry brownulated
  • I always keep two large bottles of vanilla on hand the regular one and the clear one.1996 August 9, Sylva Keenan, “WATKINS LINIMENT”, in alt.support.post-polio (Usenet). From the entry pizzel
  • Madame de Pompadour was fond of chocolates spiced with vanilla and amber.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 242. From the entry chocolate
  • Then spread the strawberried superstructure lavishly with sweetened whipped cream, flavored with a mere drop of vanilla.1957, Sidney Walter Dean, Cooking American, page 323. From the entry strawberried
  • Certainly since she manscaped him and couples-dressed him and told him that that boring vanilla thing he did drove her wild.2026 January 30, Marina Hyde, “From ICE to Melania’s black carpet, are Trump’s techlords getting pangs of buyer’s remorse?”, in The…. From the entry manscape

Meaning of vanilla

  1. noun Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.
  2. noun The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant.
  3. noun The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.

Full definition of vanilla

Questions about vanilla in a sentence

How do you use vanilla in a sentence?
Vanilla is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “The admixture of vanilla extract in the dough improved the pastries' flavor.”
What is a short sentence with vanilla?
“a vanilla rendition of the concerto”
What does vanilla mean?
Vanilla means any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vanilla (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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