How to Use sorrel in a Sentence

sorrel

noun

• Green borscht is made with sorrel and is popular in the summer.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2022
• Williams would add sorrel, lovage and strawberries to the list.
  — Washington Post, 17 May 2021
• The Branzino a la Plancha is legendary with green olive and white bean salad, lemon aïoli, and sorrel.
  — Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
• Yes, rhubarb is a vegetable, part of the tangy tasting sorrel family.
  — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 23 June 2023
• Musil sculpted the face of the sorrel into the herd, resulting in a piece so intricate in detail that the entire work looks carved in 3D.
  — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022
• Fresh sorrel, a hardy, leafy green perennial, gives simple white beans a zap of color and a lemony tang.
  — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 31 Aug. 2022
• Penny, a 3-year-old sorrel mare with a white blaze, had been slobbering her feed and fighting her bit, signs of a likely toothache.
  — Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• Lamb saddle with green sorrel, white asparagus, grilled morels and mache.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2022
• In the botanical garden, Friis leaned into some ferns and came up nibbling on a shoot of sorrel.
  — Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2023
• Head-high sword ferns and redwood sorrel acted as a lush, green carpet, while 300-foot-tall redwoods as thick as a car burst up from the forest floor.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 6 Aug. 2020
• In the spring, my family would pick sorrel, eating handfuls of the citrusy leaves raw before whizzing the rest of our haul into a neon green tonic.
  — Heather Eddy, Bon Appétit, 4 Dec. 2021
• This year, the star ingredient will be sorrel, a type of Hibiscus flower that can be used to make jams, syrups, and a common favorite, juice.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 12 Oct. 2023
• These are poems of saplings, sorrel, peregrine falcons, fox, fireweed, rhubarb, sourdock, and ice.
  — Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
• Oxalic acid, for example, is found in buckwheat, spinach, sorrel, and rhubarb.
  — Kate Lebo, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
• When sunlight touches the sorrel, the leaves fold downward to protect themselves, then right themselves once direct sunlight has passed.
  — Tessa Fontaine, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2021
• And favorite drink: When in the Caribbean, premium rum and coconut water — from the coconut, not a box — or rum and sorrel, also called hibiscus in the United States.
  — Juliet Pennington, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2022
• Then Caribbean immigrants brought sorrel to the U.S., and soon varieties of red drink were everywhere.
  — Sahar Khan, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2022
• There was a riot of nettles, ferns, ryegrass, scutch, goosefoot, wild oat, green amaranth, chicory, sorrel, cockspur, and the like, otherwise known as weeds by farmers throughout the world. . . .
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
• Her now 11-year-old book called, yes, Salad for Dinner, is filled with recipes like Indonesian chicken salad with pineapple slaw and salmon with quinoa, sorrel, and yogurt, each one hearty enough to be a complete meal.
  — Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 3 Aug. 2023
• The beverage program weaves in Trinidadian and Jamaican influence in a nod to business partner Scott Williams’ roots, with sorrel, pineapple, ginger beer and more.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
• More seasoned foragers among the superyacht set hunt for sorrel, which carries hints of sour green apple, and pepper dulse, a small, red algae that packs a powerful fishy, peppery, garlic punch.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 4 June 2023
• There’s often aveluk, an indigenous wild sorrel, which is delicious.
  — Ann Abel, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
• Meridian’s version is filled with duck confit, topped with small leaves of red sorrel and served in a delicate broth made from Brazilian tucupi — a derivation of cassava root.
  — Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2023
• Refrigerate until service, then reheat the sorrel on the stovetop.
  — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
• Keep your eyes peeled for species like milkmaids (identify with four pale petals), Redwood sorrel (low-growing, white-pink flowers), and Redwood violets (five yellow petals), which like the shaded forest floor.
  — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2023
• Island Spice Groceries also has a vast selection of teas, featuring sorrel, ginger and other flavors.
  — Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2023
• Highlights included gougères featuring local cheese, crêpes Suzette with California blood orange, and prawns with sorrel, bone marrow, and pineapple course.
  — Maria Geyman, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2023
• Among the crops that Currie says could be easily brought under the umbrella of sustainable development are ginger, breadfruit, yams, castor oil, sorrel, potatoes, peppers, bananas, plantains and turmeric.
  — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
• Hibiscus is the defining ingredient of Jamaican Christmas sorrel punch, where it’s paired with citrus, aromatics, spices, and, occasionally, rum.
  — Ozoz Sokoh, Bon Appétit, 14 May 2021
• This is largely an effect of Jamaican restaurants popularizing sorrel, and thereby returning this healthful beverage to many people of African descent living all over North America.
  — Sunyatta Amen, Washington Post, 10 June 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024