How to Use perishable in a Sentence

perishable

adjective

• Since the fruits are perishable, the box must be shipped via second-day air.
  — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2023
• In the past, the group has collected non-perishable food and clothing to help those in need.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2021
• Please bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to the SW food bank.
  — courant.com, 25 Feb. 2022
• Keep anything that is highly perishable in the back of the fridge, where the air is coldest.
  — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 July 2022
• There are shelves of non-perishable food, sometimes enough to last for months.
  — Tim Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
• The gym is asking guests to bring non-perishable food items for Cheer Guild Christmas to be dropped off at the door.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2021
• Gaza’s fishermen, with their perishable exports, were among the first to feel the pain.
  — Issam Adwan and Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2023
• Guests are asked to bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to the South Windsor Food Bank.
  — courant.com, 29 Oct. 2021
• Her apartment was a hoarder-like mess of books, thrift store finds and non-perishable food items.
  — Nick Keppler, Men's Health, 22 Dec. 2022
• Bring non-perishable food items to donate to the Bend Food Project (which also enters you in the raffle).
  — oregonlive, 16 Dec. 2022
• The presence of wheat germ also makes whole wheat flour far more perishable than white flour.
  — Carmen Collins, Country Living, 19 Apr. 2022
• Fireplaces leave much more perishable traces than stone tools and bones.
  — Katharina Menne, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2023
• Highly perishable, they can be stored for a few days wrapped in paper towels in the fridge.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2023
• Want something chic and culinary, but not perishable, to put under the tree?
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2021
• Many in the working-class neighborhoods had to throw away perishable food.
  — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Oct. 2022
• These are perishable items that can only be sold up to a certain point in their ripening process.
  — Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
• The truck had originally been a closed freight module of the kind used to transport perishable goods.
  — Fox News, 11 Dec. 2021
• Non-perishable items for the food bank are collected through food drives, but fresh produce can be hard to find and afford.
  — Hartford Courant, 26 May 2022
• Don't leave perishable goodies out of the fridge for more than two hours (one hour in temperatures above 90°F).
  — Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2022
• Now, for example, Buehler is searching for a protein to extend the shelf-life of perishable food.
  — Sofia Quaglia, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2022
• Fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to donate to Food For Lane County.
  — oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2023
• The last thing his company wants is unsold goods; caviar is perishable.
  — Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
• Instead, brainstorm ways to use any perishable items in bonus meals and snacks or as part of the healthy meal plan recipes below, or pop them in the freezer to use later.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2022
• Have an emergency kit Items to have in your car: Non-perishable food and bottled water.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2023
• Dry cat food is less perishable than canned wet cat food and does not have to be refrigerated.
  — Dallas News, 13 Dec. 2022
• The ask was simple: fill a laundry basket with non-perishable food items for a Thanksgiving meal.
  — Maria Morales, Baltimore Sun, 20 Jan. 2023
• Waste is also rampant, often due to the vagaries of the market for milk, which is highly perishable.
  — Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2022
• Attendees are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items for the West Hartford Food Pantry to help a neighbor in need.
  — Hartford Courant, 12 May 2022
• Then throw flooded items that pose a health risk such as perishable food items, clothing, cushions and pillows.
  — The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
• Non-perishable food and cash donations were accepted to help those in need.
  — cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 7 May 2024