How to Use pith in a Sentence

pith

noun

• Don’t strip away the white pith.
  — Dr. Steven Gundry, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025
• The pith will float, while the seeds will sink.
  — Merve Ceylan, Health, 5 Nov. 2025
• The seeds will sink to the bottom, while the pith will float.
  — Merve Ceylan, Health, 15 July 2026
• Cut out the pith to take some of the bite out of a fresh hot pepper.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2022
• To take some of the bite out of a fresh hot pepper, cut out the pith.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2022
• Discard the pith and drain the water from the seeds.
  — Mary Ann Esposito, Boston Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
• The pith may come along while removing the seeds.
  — Merve Ceylan, Health, 5 Nov. 2025
• Discard the pith and combine the peels with the brandy and rum.
  — Kevin Hopper, idahostatesman, 30 Jan. 2018
• Stand orange up and use downward strokes to slice away skin and pith.
  — Jane Black, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2020
• Zest the lemon with a Microplane grater or zester (no white pith).
  — Domenica Marchetti, charlotteobserver, 22 May 2018
• With sharp knife, cut peel and white pith from orange; discard.
  — Good Housekeeping, 2 Nov. 2011
• Lemon peel refers to all of the lemon’s skin, including the pith.
  — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2025
• Student chefs learned new words like florets, pith, and zest.
  — Susan Lore, Philly.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• Below the pith is the flesh of the lemon, which contains the juice and seeds.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2023
• Fresh lemon and the pith of fruit comes and stays across the palate, with hops big on the finish.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2021
• Try as much as possible to avoid the bitter white pith of the fruit.
  — Nora Martinez Debenedetto, OregonLive.com, 27 June 2017
• Finely grate the zest of the orange while avoiding the white pith.
  — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
• Use a large knife to cut away all the rind and white pith, curving the knife with the curve of the fruit.
  — Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Generally, the pith, pips, and flesh are tied up in a muslin bag.
  — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• Use a Microplane zester to grate zest of the 2 lemons (no pith) over the fish.
  — Bonnie S. Benwick, sacbee, 25 July 2017
• First, peel the lemons (avoiding as much of the pith as possible).
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 6 Jan. 2023
• The citrus here is used in its entirety, skin, pith, flesh, and all.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
• Cut away peel and white pith of clementines, grapefruit, and orange.
  — Taylor Murray, Country Living, 29 Oct. 2019
• Use a knife or vegetable peeler to cut a wide strip of lemon peel, avoiding the pith.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2026
• The white pith is bitter and doesn’t have the same bright, citrus flavor of the peel.
  — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2021
• Hold a large grapefruit peel over the drink, pith side up, and squeeze to express the oils over the drink.
  — Megan Murphy, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2021
• Remove all the peels and the white pith, but keep the fruits as smooth and round as possible.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 6 Feb. 2018
• With a sharp knife, cut the peel and pith from the grapefruit, following the curve of the fruit.
  — Jessica Battilana, SFChronicle.com, 8 Jan. 2020
• Use a paring knife to remove as much of the white pith from the skin as possible.
  — Claire Perez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• Set fruit on end and slice from top to bottom, following curve of fruit, to cut away peel and pith.
  — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021