How to Use walnut in a Sentence

walnut

noun

• The recipe calls for a cup of chopped walnuts.
• The banana bread has walnuts in it.
• The walnuts add studs of crunch to the silky-smooth cake.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
• The Cathedral Block of walnut trees, the oldest trees on the farm.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2022
• The tang of goat cheese helps, as does a pool of not-too-sweet walnut sauce.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
• Last year and this year, it’s produced tiny lemons the size of walnuts.
  — oregonlive, 11 June 2023
• The tiers themselves feel wrapped around you like shawls of oak, beech and walnut.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
• There's ample room for meal prep on the walnut counter.
  — Chantal Lamers, House Beautiful, 13 July 2023
• The guns were sold in a Burr walnut box with an ebony inlay.
  — Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 8 July 2024
• What’s the penalty for the people who cut down and stole a 200-year-old walnut tree from the Metroparks.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 May 2022
• Skipped the pasta and also used walnuts in place of pecans.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 21 June 2023
• Take the rich walnut paneling that meets you at the front door.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 22 May 2021
• Spread 1/2 cup chopped walnuts in the center of the sheet in a single layer.
  — Debbie Moose, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The turntable is available in black, white, and walnut (our favorite).
  — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
• Mound the cheese mixture on top of the walnuts and pull the plastic wrap around it, pressing and rolling to adhere the nuts to the cheese.
  — Debbie Moose, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The universe in a walnut, so easy to crack, just slam it on the table with a little force.
  — Claudio Magris, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
• For a flaky crust, mix until butter pieces are about the width of walnut halves.
  — Erin McDowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2024
• While waiting, clean the potatoes and halve any that are larger than the size of a walnut shell.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 1 Apr. 2021
• Sage sourced most of the hardware used for the open walnut shelves (made on-site) from CB2 and the décor from Amazon.
  — Lauren Jones, House Beautiful, 17 Aug. 2021
• Nest size is about that of a walnut half, usually built in a tree.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2021
• Black walnut shelving was built into the wall, rather than on top of it.
  — House Beautiful, 10 June 2021
• Much of it is made of walnut, from a tree that grew on the front lawn of the home where Sturtz's father-in-law lived for more than 60 years.
  — Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2021
• That gorgeous oak or walnut feels great in your hand and lends to the pan’s lightness but isn’t oven-safe.
  — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 29 Jan. 2022
• The custom millwork on the walls and ceiling is walnut.
  — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 11 Apr. 2022
• The dining room table is a dark walnut with steel legs.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2022
• The two-part menorah includes a walnut base and a marble slab that holds the candles.
  — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2022
• This design is made with walnut or maple wood, and oiled to protect the grain from food and liquids.
  — Amber Joglar, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2022
• Break off pieces of dough that are about the size of a walnut, roll them into thin ropes and twist them around cooking sticks.
  — Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 1 July 2022
• Bolling found that eating 28 grams of nuts per day—about a handful of almonds or walnuts—is linked to a lower risk of getting and dying from cancer.
  — Matt Fuchs, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
• Typically, when infants and young children need stents, surgeons trim or modify adult-size stents and squeeze them into the tiny vessels of infants’ hearts, which are about the size of a walnut.
  — Jessica Herzberg, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024