How to Use ambrosia in a Sentence

ambrosia

noun

• For some people, the trendy-in-2014 brunch staple is ambrosia, the food of the gods.
  — Maura Judkis, charlotteobserver, 16 May 2017
• The coral-hued ambrosia was her tactic for getting me to recite the alphabet and my numbers.
  — Liz Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2018
• The menu features bratwurst with sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, pickled beets and ambrosia.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2019
• Saté Kampar is one, transporting on the ambrosia of Malaysian skewered meats sizzling over coals.
  — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 9 Dec. 2017
• And when the citizens of Thebes asked Hercules to prove his strength by helping with affordable housing, the 1,800 or so citizens at the Delacorte lapped it up like ambrosia.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2019
• MSC also recommends astronaut food, so your kids can taste the ambrosia of space explorers.
  — Kristen Philipkoski, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2004
• Items like ambrosia, bombe Alaska, pavlova, and banana split sundaes have made a bold return with a contemporary spin.
  — Amy Louise Bailey, Vogue, 25 July 2018
• Currently, an $1,800 ambrosia box elder coffee table sits in the lobby.
  — Anne Kniggendorf, kansascity.com, 15 May 2017
• The spread of the redbay ambrosia beetle could have a major economic impact on the avocado industry.
  — Willie James Inman, Fox News, 13 July 2017
• A low, spicy pong of coriander and pepper, garlic and beef that carries a sweet, vegetal steaminess: the smell of low tide, ambrosia or a middle-school cafeteria, depending on your experience.
  — Sam Sifton, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2017
• Gillanders frequently pushes the right buttons, as with a quartet of black truffle croquettes encasing a matrix of gooey aged white cheddar and jalapeño and releasing a fungal ambrosia that rises to your nostrils.
  — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 23 Jan. 2018
• The beetle pushing out these toothpicks is called the granulate ambrosia beetle (or the Asian ambrosia beetle), Xylosandrus crassiusculus.
  — Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, AL.com, 7 Aug. 2017
• Culprit’s boysenberry marshmallow ambrosia is one to try, as is Orphan’s Kitchen’s avocado bombe Alaska, served with lime and Kahikatea peppercorn, (a native pine).
  — Amy Louise Bailey, Vogue, 25 July 2018
• The elephant calves bridled at cow’s milk, but Ms. Sheldrick — after successfully devising a formula for baby rhinos — eventually landed on an ambrosia-like mixture that incorporated coconut oil.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024