How to Use ketchup in a Sentence

ketchup

noun

• She put ketchup on her hamburger.
• The hearings gave us both the tragedy of Jan. 6 and the absurdity, the terror and the irony, the blood and the ketchup.
  — New York Times, 22 July 2022
• For me, tahini is to most things as ketchup is to fries.
  — Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 27 Jan. 2023
• Heinz is bringing the heat to its ketchup and Heinz 57 steak sauce.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
• Spread the top of the buns with the mayonnaise and ketchup and cover the burger.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2022
• Place 1 burger on each roll, and serve hot with ketchup on the side.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2022
• That's a sandwich of plain white bread with beef sausage and ketchup.
  — Claire Reilly, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
• Serve them with grainy mustard for the grownups, or with ketchup for the kiddos.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 27 July 2023
• And at trade deadline, all GM Jeff Bridich did was pass the ketchup.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 8 Aug. 2019
• Watch the video for more on Heughan’s diet habits—and a defense of ketchup.
  — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 22 June 2023
• Transfer the ketchup to the bowl of a high-speed blender or food processor.
  — Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2019
• Trump notably likes to eat steak well-done, with ketchup.
  — Brooke Baitinger, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Dec. 2019
• The fries were thin and crispy—very run-of-the-mill restaurant fries—served with ketchup and garlic aioli.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 11 July 2023
• Acid breaks down tarnish, and there’s just enough in ketchup to restore the shine.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Dec. 2023
• Many of their dishes are served with red sauce that looks just like ketchup.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
• The onion rings are served with small ramekins of ketchup, chipotle mayo and garlic aioli.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023
• Tomato sauce is feeling the squeeze and ketchup can’t catch up.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2021
• Others hate it worse than tax day or ketchup on a hot dog.
  — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 10 Mar. 2021
• In the 1830s, ketchup used to be sold as a medicine to cure indigestion.
  — Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 15 July 2024
• Whisk in ketchup, soy sauce, fish sauce, ½ tablespoon of the chile crisp and the rice vinegar.
  — Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
• When ready, it's topped with ketchup, mustard, sweet chili Thai sauce and Sriracha.
  — Justin L. MacK, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024
• The start of Heinz's quest:This brave sailor survived at sea eating ketchup.
  — Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
• The days of hitting a ketchup bottle, hoping to get the last few drops might be over.
  — Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY, 23 July 2019
• At least all Trump does is throw plates loaded with ketchup.
  — Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2022
• Chefs have been known to put all sorts of things inside the sauce, from the black soybean paste to plain old ketchup.
  — Violet Kim, CNN, 28 June 2023
• Bursting with creamed spinach and cheese, and dressed with a glossy coat of ketchup, this is meatloaf 2.0.
  — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 1 Dec. 2022
• The stories merge when all four find Heinz ketchup served with the meal, easing the tension.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2020
• There was a big ketchup bottle on the counter but Babe Ruth Field was out of mustard.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Aug. 2021
• It's glazed with a mixture of ketchup and sugar and vinegar, and also some hot sauce.
  — Bon Appétit, 20 Nov. 2024
• What's next: The inevitable debate — does ketchup belong on tamales?
  — Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Jan 2025