How to Use gooseberry in a Sentence

gooseberry

noun
  • The sea gooseberry is on the left, the lobed comb jelly on the right.
    Quanta Magazine, 25 Mar. 2015
  • The bushes popped with gooseberries and red and black currants.
    Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • This includes a gooseberry called Mắc Mật, which Sông Cái sun-dries as the natives do.
    Jasmine Ting, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Flavors range from tamarind and spicy mango to pine nut, gooseberry, and rice.
    Birmingham Magazine, al.com, 24 July 2019
  • These will not work on the sawfly larvae that attack gooseberries and currants.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2020
  • Acidic aromas of green apples and yellow plums as well as some gooseberry and lime.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 31 July 2022
  • Amal is wearing the velvet version in a gooseberry shade.
    Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Feb. 2019
  • Zinging semi acrid aromas of limes and gooseberries and white plums here.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
  • In the mouth, a red fruit medley midpalate with some gooseberry acidity on the finish.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022
  • The wine is Intense and aromatic on the nose, featuring ripe passion and stone fruit with subtle hints of gooseberry and fresh-cut grass.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Apples, pears, plums, cherries, currants, gooseberries, and more can all be trained as cordons and pruned to maintain this form.
    Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 25 July 2023
  • After a main course of River Test trout, lemon cake with elderflower cream and gooseberries was served for dessert.
    Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
  • After a main course of River Test trout, lemon cake with elderflower cream and gooseberries was served for dessert.
    PEOPLE.com, 12 June 2019
  • Of all of the animals handling food in Disney movies, none are more endearing than the birds who help Snow White prepare a gooseberry pie for Grumpy.
    Emma Wartzman, Bon Appetit, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Grapefruit and guava mid palate and a gooseberry finish.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
  • This old vine estate wine offers some lush notes of grapefruit and gooseberry, with a creamy, textured finish.
    Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Festive on the nose with a buoyant set of chocolate wafer and Nutella crepe aromas, as well as red plums and oranges and a slice of gooseberry acidity.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Tapi, $17 Notes of passionfruit and gooseberry mingle with aromas of guava and lemon.
    Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Crumb cakes moistened with poached pear or blueberry and gooseberry.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Aromas of dill, lychee, gooseberry and grapefruit leap from the glass, and those flavors are joined by savory elements and a slight brininess — a hearty rosé for a hearty, grilled fish.
    Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Coxinha with tomato herb aioli and house gooseberry hot sauce.
    Dwight Brown, Essence, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The trick also works with gooseberries, large blackberries, and quail eggs, as well as hydrogel beads—plastic beads soaked in water.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
  • With Fresh Garnishes For one starter, Aglietti served scallop crudo topped with sliced gooseberries, red chili and basil leaves plucked from her home garden.
    Anna Furman, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Sophie Knight Staff whisk around trays of Prosecco, Pisco and gooseberry.
    Sophie Knight, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Back in the 1970s, the Chinese gooseberry went global — cultivated in New Zealand and shipped to the world — after being rechristened as the friendlier kiwi.
    Jamie Lauren Keiles, New York Times, 2 May 2017
  • Chef Will Gilson makes excellent use of scallops’ briny, milky texture with a crudo drizzled in brown butter, with flashes of flavor from gooseberries and spicy jalapeño.
    Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Feb. 2024
  • And what a marvelous assortment of puddings there are: rhubarb tarts; gooseberry fools; luscious concoctions of berries, meringue and whipped cream; and all manner of trifles.
    David Tanis, New York Times, 4 May 2018
  • With ingredients like gooseberry juice, smoked rhubarb, and pink peppercorn, this one is likely more palatable to a wider group of people.
    Andrew Watman, WIRED, 11 July 2024
  • For the table, get a chutney sampler, which includes a wild gooseberry option; the piquant Konkan crab curry with a lacy, wafer-thin appam is too delicious to share.
    Rebecca Misner, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 July 2023
  • Crisp aromas of lime, gooseberries, kiwi fruit, mandarins and grapefruit.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024

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