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Recent Examples of honey
Noun
Make a tasty salad dressing with pomegranate juice, rice vinegar, oil, garlic powder, and a bit of honey. Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2025 The Country Store sells a collection of fall decorating items, delicious jams, jellies and honey, farm toys and more, while concessions classics like BBQ and hamburgers plus fall favorites like pumpkin fudge and funnel cakes can be found at the Food Depot. Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
Those harmonies — simultaneously honeyed and gravelly, providing just enough support without overshadowing, yet so powerful and full of potential — echoes Whitten. Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2024 Enjoy flavored nuts, such as those that are candied, glazed, or honied, in moderation. Selene Yeager, Health, 24 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for honey
Recent Examples of Synonyms for honey
Noun
  • Recently that ranged from a man in his 70s who lost his childhood sweetheart to cancer to a woman who was burying her beloved horse.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Flacco and his wife were high school sweethearts who met in their New Jersey hometown.
    Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While Wohl’s script is packed to the brim with thoughtful moments of beauty, comedy, and heartbreak, Liberation wouldn’t be nearly as affecting and, sadly, relatable without its stellar cast.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Need to find a home for your beauty tools, pantry staples, or extra sweaters?
    Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 22-year-old Australian influencer grew up in the 2010s era makeup YouTubers — when NikkieTutorials, Jaclyn Hill and Laura Lee were the reigning queens of social media — and was completely taken by their creative looks.
    Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • For three long weeks that began to seem rude or impertinent, as if the Prize hadn’t been announced, as if a king and queen weren’t waiting for his answer, Dylan said nothing about the award.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cornerback Darnay Holmes, suffering from a thigh cramp and desperate to return to the game in the final minutes, pulled down his uniform pants — exposing his backside — while a trainer vigorously massaged the area.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Some bridesmaids prayed, others massaged her head, while others burned Palo Santo and turned to natural remedies.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While the night celebrated Mamdani’s coalition of Democratic Socialist of America leaders, labor union heads, and activists, the rally also reflected how far Mamdani had come from an unknown, leftist state assemblyman, polling under one percent, to a darling of the Democratic mainstream.
    Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • That’s the Snow White in you talking, darling.
    Helen Mirren, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On December 7, 2018, the Chinese launched Chang’e 4 (named for the moon goddess of Chinese mythology) into outer space and landed a probe, named Yutu-2, on the far side of the Moon.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This period also saw Husain exploring female forms, including images of Hindu goddesses like Durga and Lakshmi, sometimes in suggestive or erotic poses.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier in the day, Knowles spoke with Sherri Shepherd on the Sherri show, and praised Blue Ivy for performing onstage with her mother in front of crowds of 70,000 people per night.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Nagy says Takaichi will likely praise Trump on his immigration policy, which has involved pursuing mass deportations and tightening restrictions on legal immigration.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And to make the audience believe that even a creepy aspiring sperm donor is a sweetie?
    Rima Parikh, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2025
  • These demonic, furry little toys have been absolutely everywhere (including in fashionable people’s closets) all year, so why not turn them into Halloween inspiration for you and your sweetie?
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Honey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honey. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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