How to Use tapioca in a Sentence

tapioca

noun

• This tapioca is made with a thin custard called a crème anglaise.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2020
• The tapioca bubbles are made in-house and add a li’l treat to your drink.
  — Shelbie Lynn Bostedt, RedEye Chicago, 28 June 2017
• These chewy, dark pearls are made from sugar and tapioca flour and pair well with any drink.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 14 July 2021
• The mix is made from almond, rice and tapioca flours along with potato starch.
  — AJC.com, 21 Jan. 2018
• Every bar out there has brown rice, tapioca syrup or high fructose corn syrup.
  — Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2022
• Jars of tapioca pudding come in flavors like black sesame, taro and peach.
  — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Nov. 2021
• Teeny dumplings, in our test batch, added a tapioca type of texture to the soup.
  — Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2020
• The pasta is made from a blend of potato and tapioca starches.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
• Add tapioca to the apples, reseal the bag, and toss to combine.
  — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2022
• The popping pearls were inspired by boba but aren't made of tapioca.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
• This dip looked more like tapioca pudding than chip dip with its lumpy appearance, slimy mouth feel.
  — cleveland, 15 Dec. 2021
• Chewy, thick tapioca noodles and chunks of crab comprise the viscous, briny banh canh cua.
  — Dominic Armato, azcentral, 15 July 2019
• Milk tea comes from Taiwan, and common desserts of the time were shaved ice and tapioca balls.
  — Jacorey Moon, goodhousekeeping.com, 4 May 2023
• Boba refers to the jelly pearls made from tapioca starch and simmered in a sugar syrup.
  — Karissa Garza, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
• The menu finishes with a dessert of cacao pulp with tapioca and pink pepper.
  — Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
• Continue beating until the egg whites hold stiff peaks, then beat in the tapioca flour.
  — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 2 Dec. 2020
• Airy tapioca and shrimp chips, fried until puffy, could be used to scoop little mouthfuls of salad.
  — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 10 Dec. 2020
• Young woman holding and drinking tapioca pearl bubble milk tea with glass straw.
  — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
• Customers have a choice of add-ons in their drinks, such as boba — tapioca balls — and popping boba.
  — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 19 Apr. 2024
• Wet laundry is slung over pipelines to dry; the kpokpo (tapioca) cassava is dried in front of the gas flare.
  — Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
• For example, switch the potato starch for cornstarch or tapioca and/or the rice flour for wheat flour.
  — Scientific American, 18 July 2019
• Domino’s in Taiwan has even launched a pizza topped with tapioca balls.
  — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2019
• Add the tapioca starch to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
  — Adrian Spinelli, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 2021
• Oat, almond, tapioca, coconut, millet and quinoa flours are just a few of the go-tos for gluten-free bakers.
  — Michelle Khouri, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2017
• The tapioca pearls will be ready to serve with your beverage flavor of choice after at least a half hour of soaking.
  — Su-Jit Lin, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2023
• Some boba tea shops give you the option to add jellies and specialty tapioca pearls.
  — Samantha Lauriello, Health, 6 Aug. 2025
• Guests would be able to customize drinks with toppings such as tapioca pearls and popping boba.
  — Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 28 Jan. 2026
• In a large bowl, blend peaches, raspberries, tapioca, sugar and lemon juice.
  — Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
• Even the noodles used for a My Tho version are now made mostly with tapioca, not rice.
  — Andrea Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
• Huge, keg-like vats hold the pale batter for the cones — mainly flour, water and sugar, along with tapioca flour for the cake cones.
  — New York Times, 26 May 2022