How to Use anise in a Sentence

anise

noun

• One tea bag delivers a blend of breast milk-boosting herbs, including fennel, anise, coriander, fenugreek, and blessed thistle.
  — Lainey Younkin, Ms, Rd, Parents, 15 May 2024
• Basil’s unique, intoxicating flavor might be described as spicy-sweet floral with undertones of pepper and mint and, according to some palates, mild anise with hints of clove.
  — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 11 June 2024
• The foliage and the flowers have the scent of anise or licorice.
  — Arkansas Online, 1 May 2022
• Add the cardamom, anise, and whole cloves to the water.
  — Maya Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 27 June 2018
• The broth tastes subtly of star anise and a pinch of palm sugar.
  — Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2017
• The ouzo adds a hint of anise flavor to the dish, which is balanced with a squeeze of lemon.
  — Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2020
• Skim the soup to retrieve the cloves, anise and cinnamon stick.
  — Rebecca White, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
• The whiskey is bottled at 100 proof, and there’s a touch of heat on the nose along with some anise, black pepper and vanilla.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 4 Feb. 2022
• The finished drink has a light red hue and complex, herbal-anise flavor.
  — Mary Orlin, The Mercury News, 6 May 2017
• The third week’s loaf, limpa, is a Swedish rye bread with honey, orange zest, and hints of cardamom and anise.
  — Pooja Krishna, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2020
• In large bowl combine 1 cup flour, yeast, salt, anise seed and sugar.
  — Judy Walker, NOLA.com, 31 Oct. 2017
• Add the anise seed and mix on low just until distributed.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019
• Hint of anise, touch of ginger, and then that nutty flavor.
  — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 30 Apr. 2021
• Their brown-sugar sweetness played against salty soy sauce and an anise ping.
  — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 16 July 2019
• Spry and fresh light aromas or spring red fruit, holly, peat, anise.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 22 May 2022
• Chicken and basil dumplings have a bite of anise, and the fluffy pork buns tear apart to reveal a savory filling.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 22 Mar. 2023
• Hints of anise and clove add spiciness to the purple vanilla orchid notes in this cologne.
  — Jamie Wilson, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Nov. 2022
• Add the anise seed and beat (low speed) just until well distributed.
  — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 12 Dec. 2017
• Add the onion, garlic, parsley, chile flakes, anise seed and black pepper.
  — Tina Danze, Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2020
• The resulting rum is smooth and tastes of anise, fennel, and sugar cane.
  — Sunset Magazine, 12 Apr. 2020
• The anise flavor of fennel here works to balance the creamy, garlicky soup and play up the sweetness of the grape garnish.
  — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2022
• At once crispy and yielding and chewy, it was shot through with toasty walnuts and perfumed with anise seeds.
  — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 13 June 2019
• In flavor, chervil is a cross between parsley and anise.
  — Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2019
• The sweet fennel flavor from the anise is balanced with the orange peel and light black pepper heat.
  — Jenn Rice, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2017
• There are additional notes of black pepper, anise and earth/brush on the palate.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
• Use it with fatty meats such as duck or pork shoulder to bring out the anise and fennel flavors.
  — AJC.com, 28 Jan. 2018
• Above right: Star anise, cardamom pods, whole cloves and cinnamon bark ready to brew.
  — Becky Duffett, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2023
• There is a bit of citrus, along with tobacco, new leather boot smell, spicy tannin and a bit of anise.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 25 July 2022
• There are plans to include a cocktail made with arak, a Lebanese anise liquor similar to ouzo.
  — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 3 July 2019
• On the nose, the expression is fresh and teems with wet green grass on an apple orchard, vanilla bean, and a touch of anise.
  — Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 Oct 2024