How to Use banana in a Sentence

banana

noun
  • So the comic lore, the story that’s in the comics, is bananas.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Have a banana, a sports drink, a peanut-butter sandwich.
    Jake Boly, Men's Health, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The Frye campus boots in banana that all the co-eds are obsessed with?
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 22 Oct. 2024
  • There’s probably a banana that’s rotting in that golf bag.
    Jamie Barton, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
  • This rum offers a deep, rich nose with brown sugar, butterscotch, and ripe bananas.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • On top, the bakers prepared a banana mascarpone cream cake.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Resistant starch is abundant in foods like green bananas, cooked and cooled potatoes, and certain legumes.
    Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
  • One colleague hauled in two loaves of homemade banana bread that took a couple of days for office nibblers to polish off.
    Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Inside his cake is basically a Banoffee pie, which is an English dessert that is bananas, caramel, cream, and pastry.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Last year, an artwork consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall was eaten by a hungry visitor to a gallery in Seoul, South Korea.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Ideally, bananas should be stored at 56 to 58 degrees Fahrenheit, making your countertop the best place to store them.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Afterwards, Manzi will either have almond butter with a banana or a shake with blueberries, bananas, almond milk, collagen, glutamine, and flax.
    Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Avocado, banana, and bell pepper are examples of foods that some individuals with a latex allergy may be allergic to.
    Johna Burdeos, Health, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Their lump rice wrapped in a banana leaf is the stuff dreams are made of.
    Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Why did all the fruit ask the banana to be their Valentine?
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Ecuador has been one of the largest producers of bananas since the 1950s.
    Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2024
  • Potted plants and a tall banana tree adorn the airy, high-ceilinged space.
    Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Peel and chop 1 not-quite-ripe banana (yellow meets green and firm to the touch).
    Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Put banana halves on a baking sheet and place in the freezer.
    Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Slugs range in size from a 1/4 inch to a whopping 8 inches (the banana).
    Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Once the spoon starts leaving a trail in the pan, feel free to toss in frozen berries or banana slices to warm with the pudding.
    Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 25 Jan. 2024
  • He’s swapped the pre-race pizza and wine for power gels and a banana.
    Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Eat these bananas straight from the grill, with a dollop of ice cream, or with a drizzle of caramel.
    Marissa Wu, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Today, Twilley notes, the banana is the most consumed fruit in the world.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The book is our springboard into the world of this bananas woman.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Spread it on multigrain toast and pair it with banana to boost the fiber content.
    Good Housekeeping, 31 Jan. 2023
  • If your child isn't a fan of celery, use a piece of banana or a carrot stick as the log.
    Amy Morin, Parents, 22 July 2024
  • And what about Michael Yingst and his birthday banana cream pie?
    Isabelle Ross, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Sotheby’s confirmed to CNN that neither the tape nor, thankfully, the banana are the originals.
    Oscar Holland, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Panels depict the ferry, Fire Station #4 and the island’s famed frozen banana stands among others.
    Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register, 30 Oct. 2024

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