How to Use bean in a Sentence

bean

1 of 2 noun

• We ate rice and beans for dinner.
• We're growing tomatoes and beans in our garden this year.
• These beans are sweet, smoky and tangy.
  — The Know, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
• Baked beans from @estersfarm_parkcityky puréed and strained.
  — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
• Make sure to use fresh beans for this recipe.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
• Serve the beans as a side or as a main dish.
  — Meredith Wolf Schizer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
• My life don’t have to be all hunger and silty beans.
  — Jesmyn Ward, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
• That’ll have them French beans with it.
  — AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
• Nuts, seeds, grains, beans, and herbs all count too.
  — Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 18 May 2026
• Smoky beans and rice Black beans and rice.
  — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Oct. 2025
• Ham and bean soup is a classic.
  — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2026
• There are vining beans and bush beans.
  — Lauren David, Martha Stewart, 24 Apr. 2026
• Add the beans and broth and simmer briefly.
  — Martha Stewart, 29 Jan. 2026
• Pour the mess over the beans and dinner is done.
  — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Oct. 2025
• Canned pork and beans will reduce your prep time.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
• Make sure those fancy beans don't go to waste.
  — Brittany Loggins, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
• Add the beans and bacon and toss well to coat.
  — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
• Tamales are loaded with bean, chile and cheese.
  — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 25 June 2026
• Stir in broth, tomatoes, and beans.
  — Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
• Raw beef patties were stored over cooked beans.
  — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado january 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
• Stir to combine, then fold in the black beans.
  — Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
• Nuts and beans can also be great sources of fiber.
  — Renée Onque, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
• Dark beans tumble through grinders.
  — Nick El Hajj, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
• Edamame beans work well with any asian style salad.
  — Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2026
• Fiber can be found in whole grains, nuts, seeds and legumes such as beans.
  — Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026
• Baked peppers stuffed with a mix of rice and beans.
  — Ana Morales, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
• Meanwhile, drain and rinse beans.
  — Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
• Stir in the reserved sausage, beans and turnip greens.
  — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2026
• Add beans and legumes to soups, salads, and stews.
  — Merve Ceylan, Health, 25 June 2026
• Then add beans, lentils and your favorite spices.
  — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025

bean

2 of 2 verb

• All-Star catcher Buster Posey was beaned in the home opener and missed a week.
  — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2017
• Bryant had missed the last four games after being beaned in Colorado last Sunday.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• Apparently, getting beaned by two cans of Bush's sweet 'n' savories didn't calm him down.
  — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 5 June 2018
• Sorana beans with salsa verde, and sheets of pasta enfolding oxtail.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
• This is reasonable given the distances, and has the benefit of being harder to bean-count.
  — Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 31 July 2017
• On Sunday, Harrington’s drive sailed left and beaned a male spectator on the forehead.
  — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 29 May 2023
• When a guy really beans you on purpose or really tries to, as Matt Barnes did, tries to hit you in the butt but ends up near your head.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 3 May 2017
• The cargo area is open to the cabin, so a luggage net may be in order to protect occupants from getting beaned by stray onions after a grocery trip.
  — Car and Driver, 27 Sep. 2017
• Knights pitchers beaned four batters total — with Jourdyn Campbell being the victim three times.
  — Jason McDaniel, Houston Chronicle, 11 May 2018
• The only punishment in the past for one team suspecting another of stealing signs has been an opposing hitter getting beaned with a pitch.
  — Chris Chavez, SI.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• After Bryant was beaned, the Cubs collected four consecutive singles.
  — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, 22 Apr. 2018
• Hitters Konstanty beaned, Giants manager Leo Durocher once joked, didn’t even get headaches.
  — Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 23 June 2018
• Let’s get Vinnie Pasquantino beaned up and hope Carter Jensen and Jac Caglianone can bolster the lineup.
  — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
• Mikey Kane was beaned to open the bottom of the 13th and Macias — after botching two bunt attempts — moved Kane to second with a grounder to first.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2023
• Krazy, who suffered the endless brick-chucking torments of Ignatz Mouse, whose life’s pursuit was to bean her, day in, day out, was a bottomless well of forgiveness.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2022
• On one occasion a visitor who'd been beaned one too many times with the bopping stick of a gladiator returned with a few friends, which prompted the gladiator to get a few of his own fellow warriors.
  — Jack McCallum, SI.com, 1 July 2019
• Baltimore closer Mychal Givens beaned Bregman between the shoulder blades with a 97 mph fastball in the ninth inning.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 13 Aug. 2019
• That, unfortunately, could go on hold after Baez left Sunday’s game after a Jack Flaherty fastball beaned him square on the elbow.
  — Si.com Staff, SI.com, 18 June 2018
• While his frightening late-2014 beaning in Milwaukee was a freak occurrence, he's experienced a litany of lower-body injuries that could hint at further problems down the road.
  — Jay Jaffe, SI.com, 24 July 2017
• Banana Saver Case Internet meme beans The reason these beans are slightly cursed entirely has to do with this long-running popular subreddit r/beansinthings, in which people put these beans in things, all for a good laugh.
  — Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2023