Examples of sherbet in a Sentence
Carol McColgin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
Then there’s a leopard print rug, black ceiling, multiple sherbet hues, turquoise walls with fucsia trim, a floral accent wall and loads of photos of country icon Dolly Parton — all in the same room.
—The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2024
Anchor Hocking Low Sherbet Dish Replacements is teeming with Depression glass, and this pink sherbet dish would make the perfect addition to your china cabinet as decor, table as a candy dish, or cupboards for serving dessert.
—Bridget Degnan, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
Some of the children in Lovaas’s care were not served regular meals, only receiving spoonfuls of food, such as sherbet, as rewards for complying with commands.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2024
But inside, personality overflows in a wide array of different, bright colors, including turquoise, orange sherbet, deep and hot pinks, and even lemon.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2024
By 1973, the shake was just a green-colored vanilla shake without the lemon-lime sherbet.
—The Courier-Journal, 5 Feb. 2024
Oranges are a subset in themselves, not only bringing a sweetness through their juice and zest to all sorts of savory soups and stews and sweet syrups and sherbets but also, in themselves, ranging from sweet to bitter, depending on the orange.
—Yotam Ottolenghi, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
Ingredients 1/2 cup lime sherbet 1 cup ginger ale
Lime wedge (optional)
Directions
Add sherbet to glass:
Scoop lime sherbet into a tall glass.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2023
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Word History
Turkish & Persian; Turkish şerbet, from Persian sharbat, from Arabic sharba drink
1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Sherbet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sherbet. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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