sweet-and-sour
adjective
: seasoned with a sauce containing sugar and vinegar or lemon juice
sweet-and-sour shrimp
Examples of sweet-and-sour in a Sentence
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This sweet-and-sour punch has got some spice.
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Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2024
Verma Farms Beary Beach flavor and covered in sweet-and-sour sugar crystals.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2023
The fight started between childhood friends over a packet of sweet-and-sour sauce outside a McDonald’s.
—Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
Served with its head and tail attached, the scored fish arrives in a glossy orange sweet-and-sour sauce that improves on the usual duet with its infusion of ginger, garlic and scallion.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
Outside the McDonald’s, a fight erupted over a packet of sweet-and-sour sauce, police said, and Naima was stabbed to death by one of her companions, a 16-year-old girl who later pleaded as a juvenile to voluntary manslaughter.
—Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
Although the instrument has an integral role in the orchestral ecosystem—every ensemble tunes to its piercing A—the sweet-and-sour tang of its sound limits its popularity as a solo voice, particularly in comparison with the mellifluousness of the flute or the clarinet.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
Others say carryouts in Washington, D.C., created it, a sort of spicy riff on sweet-and-sour sauce.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
Here’s a recipe for sweet-and-sour pork tenderloin.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2024
Verma Farms Beary Beach flavor and covered in sweet-and-sour sugar crystals.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2023
The fight started between childhood friends over a packet of sweet-and-sour sauce outside a McDonald’s.
—Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
Served with its head and tail attached, the scored fish arrives in a glossy orange sweet-and-sour sauce that improves on the usual duet with its infusion of ginger, garlic and scallion.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
Outside the McDonald’s, a fight erupted over a packet of sweet-and-sour sauce, police said, and Naima was stabbed to death by one of her companions, a 16-year-old girl who later pleaded as a juvenile to voluntary manslaughter.
—Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
Although the instrument has an integral role in the orchestral ecosystem—every ensemble tunes to its piercing A—the sweet-and-sour tang of its sound limits its popularity as a solo voice, particularly in comparison with the mellifluousness of the flute or the clarinet.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
Others say carryouts in Washington, D.C., created it, a sort of spicy riff on sweet-and-sour sauce.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
Here’s a recipe for sweet-and-sour pork tenderloin.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
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