How to Use ketchup in a Sentence

ketchup

noun

• She put ketchup on her hamburger.
• Dunking the sad salmon in the ketchup might have helped it.
  — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 5 June 2019
• The fries were served as-is with no added salt and no ketchup.
  — Bill Daley, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• Hold the ketchup, heck even the tartar sauce, for this one.
  — Eric Velasco, AL.com, 16 Apr. 2017
• The boys order a plate of fries each and douse them in ketchup.
  — Leyla Santiago and Khushbu Shah, CNN, 27 Apr. 2018
• Add the tomato mixture, shrimp and ketchup to the onion and lime juice.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 25 Apr. 2018
• Garten's recipe calls for a simple glaze of ketchup over the top.
  — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2025
• The hearings gave us both the tragedy of Jan. 6 and the absurdity, the terror and the irony, the blood and the ketchup.
  — New York Times, 22 July 2022
• For me, tahini is to most things as ketchup is to fries.
  — Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 27 Jan. 2023
• The oldest wants a plate, long hot dog slices, and no ketchup.
  — Emily Dreyfuss, WIRED, 4 July 2018
• Add three quarters of the sauce or ketchup to the Bundt pan, spreading it up the sides of the dish.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 20 June 2018
• Heinz is bringing the heat to its ketchup and Heinz 57 steak sauce.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
• Does the size of the ketchup packets meet your approval?
  — Tor Haugan, The Mercury News, 5 May 2017
• Spread the top of the buns with the mayonnaise and ketchup and cover the burger.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2022
• Place 1 burger on each roll, and serve hot with ketchup on the side.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
• Most recipes are made with onions, ground beef, ketchup and some spices.
  — Anna Thomas Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2017
• The whole thing is weirder than ketchup on grits, y'all.
  — Kelly Kazek, AL.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• That's a sandwich of plain white bread with beef sausage and ketchup.
  — Claire Reilly, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
• Squeeze sriracha or ketchup into lines around the sides.
  — Anna Helm Baxter, Woman's Day, 12 Sep. 2017
• The item with the greatest variance in price was store-brand ketchup.
  — Evan Moore june 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2025
• Serve them with grainy mustard for the grownups, or with ketchup for the kiddos.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 27 July 2023
• And at trade deadline, all GM Jeff Bridich did was pass the ketchup.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 8 Aug. 2019
• Watch the video for more on Heughan’s diet habits—and a defense of ketchup.
  — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 22 June 2023
• Ditch ketchup Ketchup used to be my condiment of choice, and not just for fries.
  — Anthea Levi, Health.com, 7 June 2018
• As for the ketchup, beer and other grocery store stand-ins?
  — Amanda Greene, Woman's Day, 8 Mar. 2017
• Serve with sautéed mushroom and onion gravy or more ketchup.
  — The Know, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
• The jalapeno bacon and spiked ketchup add a kick of spice.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
• Let’s say this is the ketchup industry.
  — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
• The cost per ounce was calculated to 20 ounces of ketchup and 18 ounces of cornflakes.
  — Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026
• The result will be a delectable beet ketchup that can be used as a spread or dip.
  — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025