How to Use aubergine in a Sentence

aubergine

noun
  • One of my favorite dishes on the menu was the gaeng bumbai aubergine.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The clue as to how to do this came in the form of an aubergine (or eggplant, as it is known in America).
    The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Their skin lets infrared light pass through to the aubergine's white flesh, which bounces the infrared light right back.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Just last month, Bieber’s friend Kendall Jenner swiped an aubergine shade on her toes.
    Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2019
  • This pair, in a lovely aubergine, is the picture of grace and elegance.
    Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 3 May 2019
  • Letizia’s orange and aubergine top was amped up by an equally punchy leather skirt.
    Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 7 May 2018
  • The first small gallery, its walls cloaked in dark aubergine, shimmers in low light with the bleak resonance of a disturbed tomb.
    BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The color is a beautiful mix of chocolate-brown and aubergine that looks lush and rich, rather than muddy and tired.
    Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 12 Jan. 2018
  • The sole fillet was topped with silky lemon and yuzu fondue and layered over aubergine; the lacquered duck breast served with foie gras, figs, and beetroot.
    Amy Louise Bailey, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The Princess of Wales wore the aubergine velvet dress for her official royal portrait, shot by Lord Snowden in 1991.
    Molly Enking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Lacquer in shades of aubergine; bronzes of all sorts; copper, silver and gold accessories.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 4 June 2021
  • From marigold to dusty blue to aubergine, check out six alternatives to spring pastels you'll be excited to wear.
    Ana Colon, Glamour, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Chair fabric by Boeme Design sparked the rich color palette, a medley of aubergines, reds and bordeaux.
    House Beautiful, 24 Jan. 2017
  • Weitz said, coaxing him into an aubergine cardigan and buttoning the front.
    Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2013
  • The meal progressed from spaghetti with tomato to his fantastic aubergine.
    Donna Bulseco, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Strollers for courgette, sun dried tomato, and aubergine gateaux from their vegetable patch; and The Lime Tree for creamy chowder bursting with fresh shellfish.
    Sinead Cranna, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2022
  • In her current apartment in Jersey City, Mullen painted the bathroom walls and ceiling a matching aubergine.
    Kalina Newman, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Other dishes include vegetable samosas, beef and aubergine casserole, and green rice.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Sep. 2018
  • Here too is the Thistle pattern, with the Scottish flower’s tufts and spikes placed against saturated hues like crimson, aubergine and earth.
    Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Jacobs’s libretto is thankfully short on the aubergine prose that colored years past.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2019
  • There are 20 total eye-shadow shades ranging from turquoise to hot magenta to bright aubergine, with a choice of finishes: shiny or extra-shiny.
    Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 7 Mar. 2018
  • People notes that for the palace event, Meghan and her mother made a meal of coconut chicken curry, aubergine masala, and chapatis with the women of the Hubb Community Kitchen.
    Devon Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 20 Sep. 2018
  • People notes that for the palace event, Markle and her mother made a meal of coconut chicken curry, aubergine masala, and chapatis with the women of the Hubb Community Kitchen.
    Devon Elizabeth, Glamour, 20 Sep. 2018
  • The simple, modern structure comes in your choice of eight colors, like aubergine, white, and green, and a few finishes, including zinc and the oxidized metal that's shown.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 24 May 2022
  • There are other characters and other food memories – from a hot pastrami sandwich to a bucket of fried chicken, to the aubergine – to help tell the story.
    Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2019
  • The interior color scheme is a mix of aubergine and burgundy hues and the vibe decidedly moody with a Mediterranean influence.
    Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 21 June 2023
  • The Duchess of Sussex reportedly helped cook tonight's menu of homemade coconut chicken curry, aubergine (that's eggplant, for those of us in the States) masala, dips to share, and caramelized plum upside-down cake for dessert.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 20 Sep. 2018
  • Or, in the case of Sander Lak at Sies Marjan, the many fluttery bits that dangled, flapped, ruffled and wobbled in his painterly procession of aubergine, peach, mint green and fluorescent pink.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2017
  • Queen Elizabeth, who turns 95 next week, followed the procession in her gleaming aubergine Bentley, not at the head of it, which would have been customary for a sovereign.
    BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Departing from the South Lawn earlier today, Trump sported a Missoni knit dress with a contrasting, lattice-like trim in aubergine, blush pink, and blue.
    Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2017

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