Examples of green bean in a Sentence
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Heat and serve, as the instructions on a can of green beans might say.
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The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024
The slices of raw eggplant, cabbage and green beans presented with the dip help mellow, only slightly, the rank thunderbolt that hits your tongue.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Fried Chicken Side dishes include Keenan's father's green beans and bacon, potato salad, hushpuppies, green chile cheesy shells, jalapeno cornbread and fennel slaw.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
Snap Peas with Orange Zest and Buttery Almonds Ditch the green bean casserole and try this sugar snap pea dish instead.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2024
Sides: French fries, mac and cheese, coleslaw, green beans.
—The Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2024
Fried and baked fish, shrimp, oysters, pizza, fries, green beans, and other sides.
—The Courier-Journal, 12 Feb. 2024
French cut green beans are haricots verts sliced horizontally, producing thinner strands of beans, if not the bodies of people who eat them by the pound.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
New potatoes soak in the dressing along with slender green beans (haricots verts), radishes, and chives.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2024
The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024
The slices of raw eggplant, cabbage and green beans presented with the dip help mellow, only slightly, the rank thunderbolt that hits your tongue.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
Fried Chicken Side dishes include Keenan's father's green beans and bacon, potato salad, hushpuppies, green chile cheesy shells, jalapeno cornbread and fennel slaw.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
Snap Peas with Orange Zest and Buttery Almonds Ditch the green bean casserole and try this sugar snap pea dish instead.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2024
Sides: French fries, mac and cheese, coleslaw, green beans.
—The Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2024
Fried and baked fish, shrimp, oysters, pizza, fries, green beans, and other sides.
—The Courier-Journal, 12 Feb. 2024
French cut green beans are haricots verts sliced horizontally, producing thinner strands of beans, if not the bodies of people who eat them by the pound.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
New potatoes soak in the dressing along with slender green beans (haricots verts), radishes, and chives.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2024
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First Known Use
1526, in the meaning defined above
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green bean
noun
: a kidney bean with the pods green when ready for harvest
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