How to Use banana in a Sentence

banana

noun

• Their lump rice wrapped in a banana leaf is the stuff dreams are made of.
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
• Why did all the fruit ask the banana to be their Valentine?
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2023
• So the comic lore, the story that’s in the comics, is bananas.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
• Ecuador has been one of the largest producers of bananas since the 1950s.
  — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2024
• Potted plants and a tall banana tree adorn the airy, high-ceilinged space.
  — Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• Peel and chop 1 not-quite-ripe banana (yellow meets green and firm to the touch).
  — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 4 Feb. 2023
• Fold the edges of the banana leaf up and over to completely cover the grits.
  — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2022
• Put banana halves on a baking sheet and place in the freezer.
  — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2023
• Slugs range in size from a 1/4 inch to a whopping 8 inches (the banana).
  — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 29 Feb. 2024
• Get your banana bread fix with a brown ale from Bear Hands.
  — Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2022
• Once the bundle is about the thickness of a banana, grab a piece of twine and tie it around the top of the sprigs in a tight knot.
  — Magdalena O'Neal, Sunset Magazine, 18 Mar. 2022
• Why did all the other fruit ask the banana to be their Valentine?
  — Fiona Tapp, Parents, 30 Jan. 2025
• Carter Shelley, a fifth grader, peeled a banana the size of a Jeep.
  — Blake Nelsonstaff Reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2022
• The Frye campus boots in banana that all the co-eds are obsessed with?
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2024
• This is the warm dessert to turn to when a craving for banana pudding strikes.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2025
• Once the spoon starts leaving a trail in the pan, feel free to toss in frozen berries or banana slices to warm with the pudding.
  — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 25 Jan. 2024
• He’s swapped the pre-race pizza and wine for power gels and a banana.
  — Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
• Much like the Hubbard squash, the banana squash should be cooked like a pumpkin.
  — Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 28 Sep. 2022
• Eat these bananas straight from the grill, with a dollop of ice cream, or with a drizzle of caramel.
  — Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2023
• Today, Twilley notes, the banana is the most consumed fruit in the world.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
• The book is our springboard into the world of this bananas woman.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Spread it on multigrain toast and pair it with banana to boost the fiber content.
  — Good Housekeeping, 31 Jan. 2023
• If your child isn't a fan of celery, use a piece of banana or a carrot stick as the log.
  — Amy Morin, Parents, 22 July 2024
• And what about Michael Yingst and his birthday banana cream pie?
  — Isabelle Ross, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Jan. 2023
• The rice cakes Tran referred to are filled with mung beans and pork belly wrapped and steamed in banana leaves.
  — Judy Bart Kancigor, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• Chick-fil-A is bringing banana flavor to more items than the shake.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2024
• The only sounds were of palm fronds and banana trees rustling in the breeze and the chatter of tropical birds.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2022
• Trader Joe’s is raising the price of its bananas for the first time in twenty years.
  — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
• Things were just starting to get bananas in San Antonio.
  — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
• This included when one circuit asked fans of Minions: The Rise of Gru to stop throwing bananas (talk about a slippery slope!).
  — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2025