How to Use cuke in a Sentence

cuke

noun

• Peel onion, cut in half longways, and slice into semicircles the same width as the cukes.
  — Hugh Acheson, Esquire, 4 Apr. 2017
• Stick with English or Persian cukes.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2026
• Toss the cukes with a generous pinch of salt and let drain until the chicken hits the broiler.
  — Tanya Sichynsky, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2019
• Some people harvest their cukes by turning the fruit parallel to the vine with a quick snap.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2017
• Once a bit of liquid has drained, pour it out, then transfer the cukes and radishes from the colander to the bowl.
  — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit, 24 May 2018
• My version used crispy cukes and baby bok choy along with radishes and green onions, all bathed in a toasty sesame-miso dressing.
  — Ashleigh Spitza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2017
• Get the recipe > Pomegranate seeds add pops of tartness to this sautéed corn and crunchy cuke combo.
  — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
• As in baseball, there are bats, such as celery, carrots and cukes — all so easy to slice — and balls, such as turnips, celery roots, onions and beets.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 26 May 2017
• Cucumbers can also increase the risk of your potato plants catching blight, so don't plant potatoes with your cukes.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
• Either way, keeping cucumbers near nitrogen-fixing beans should boost your crop of cukes.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2026
• Divers usually get more than $4 a pound for cukes, making the fishery worth nearly $5 million at the docks.
  — Laine Welch, Alaska Dispatch News, 2 Sep. 2017
• Grow space-hungry vining crops—such as tomatoes, pole beans, peas, squash, melons, cukes, and so on—straight up, supported by trellises, fences, cages, or stakes.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 19 Jan. 2017
• Toss spinach and tomatoes into a morning omelet, snack on baby carrots and cukes with humus during the day or try an energizing juice blend of beets, carrots and celery.
  — By Sheah Rarback, miamiherald, 2 Oct. 2017
• These crunchy, sweet cukes are sold in packages in your local grocery store and should be removed from their original packaging and wrapped in plastic wrap before storing in the crisper drawer.
  — Susan Hall Mahon, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
• Everything is shooting out of the ground right now—berries, greens, tomatoes, eggplants, lettuces, melons, peaches, nectarines, plums, beans, greens, corn, cukes, and peppers, too.
  — Bon Appétit, 15 Aug. 2019
• So there is still time to throw in come-last-minute squash, cukes, beans, and herbs, and yes, even some Early Girl-type tomatoes, as long as their days-to-harvest are 70 days or less.
  — Sally McCabe, Philly.com, 21 July 2017
• Just like tomatoes, pumpkins, and avocados, cukes count as vegetables in terms of supermarket organization, but not in the world of science.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 10 Dec. 2018
• Snack on cukes with some tzatziki or hummus, or whip up this gorgeous Spiralized Cucumber Apple Salad.
  — NBC News, 11 July 2018
• Salads are also in the mix, including the $11 Gioia Chop made with radicchio, salami, ricotta salata, chickpeas, cukes, olives and walnuts.
  — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2019
• In lieu of tomatoes and cukes (yawn), chefs Sarah Hymanson and Sara Kramer pack sandwiches with pickled fennel, cauliflower, radishes, and fresh herbs.
  — Lauren Bans, Bon Appetit, 13 Feb. 2017