How to Use ambrosia in a Sentence

ambrosia

noun
  • For some people, the trendy-in-2014 brunch staple is ambrosia, the food of the gods.
    Maura Judkis, charlotteobserver, 16 May 2017
  • The coral-hued ambrosia was her tactic for getting me to recite the alphabet and my numbers.
    Liz Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2018
  • The menu features bratwurst with sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, pickled beets and ambrosia.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Saté Kampar is one, transporting on the ambrosia of Malaysian skewered meats sizzling over coals.
    Craig Laban, Philly.com, 9 Dec. 2017
  • And when the citizens of Thebes asked Hercules to prove his strength by helping with affordable housing, the 1,800 or so citizens at the Delacorte lapped it up like ambrosia.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2019
  • MSC also recommends astronaut food, so your kids can taste the ambrosia of space explorers.
    Kristen Philipkoski, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2004
  • Items like ambrosia, bombe Alaska, pavlova, and banana split sundaes have made a bold return with a contemporary spin.
    Amy Louise Bailey, Vogue, 25 July 2018
  • Currently, an $1,800 ambrosia box elder coffee table sits in the lobby.
    Anne Kniggendorf, kansascity.com, 15 May 2017
  • The spread of the redbay ambrosia beetle could have a major economic impact on the avocado industry.
    Willie James Inman, Fox News, 13 July 2017
  • A low, spicy pong of coriander and pepper, garlic and beef that carries a sweet, vegetal steaminess: the smell of low tide, ambrosia or a middle-school cafeteria, depending on your experience.
    Sam Sifton, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2017
  • Gillanders frequently pushes the right buttons, as with a quartet of black truffle croquettes encasing a matrix of gooey aged white cheddar and jalapeño and releasing a fungal ambrosia that rises to your nostrils.
    Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The beetle pushing out these toothpicks is called the granulate ambrosia beetle (or the Asian ambrosia beetle), Xylosandrus crassiusculus.
    Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, AL.com, 7 Aug. 2017
  • Culprit’s boysenberry marshmallow ambrosia is one to try, as is Orphan’s Kitchen’s avocado bombe Alaska, served with lime and Kahikatea peppercorn, (a native pine).
    Amy Louise Bailey, Vogue, 25 July 2018
  • The elephant calves bridled at cow’s milk, but Ms. Sheldrick — after successfully devising a formula for baby rhinos — eventually landed on an ambrosia-like mixture that incorporated coconut oil.
    Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2018

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