How to Use briny in a Sentence

briny

adjective

• Fresh fish smells briny and not fishy, and is firm to the touch.
  — Mary Tomlinson, Southern Living, 10 July 2020
• The crab was sweet and briny, the leg meat enriched by a trace amount of fat.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Sep. 2021
• The briny notes reminded us of olives, in the best way.
  — Joy Cho, Good Housekeeping, 15 Nov. 2022
• This black olive paté from Italy is bold, briny and salty.
  — Katie Chang, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
• Douse them in lemon juice and knock them back like tiny briny shots of bliss!
  — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appétit, 13 Nov. 2020
• The salty, briny fish only adds to a pizza with the works, IMO.
  — Megha McSwain, Chron, 27 May 2022
• Both have sweet, briny white meat that pulls out in long pieces.
  — Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022
• It’s salty, briny, and just a tiny bit sweet, thanks to healthy slices of red pepper.
  — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2018
• Tomatoes love salt, so give it to them in the form of briny capers.
  — Kari Sonde, Washington Post, 20 June 2019
• The dumplings were chewy, tender and full of pork broth, in a wrapper that was rich and briny.
  — Jenn Harrisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2019
• The ginger is hot and pungent; the seaweed, sweet and briny.
  — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021
• The question that lingers in the dry, briny air: What story will this era of Saltair tell?
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022
• This time of year, summer squash is abundant and pairs well with the briny hit of olive.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2022
• Despite the giant hit of salt, this hot-hot sauce with a briny note is fun.
  — Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2019
• The sound of crashing waves, the feel of sand between your toes, the smell of the briny ocean air—a day at the beach is a feast for the senses.
  — Starlight Williams, National Geographic, 24 July 2019
• Out on the briny green, salmon and striped bass are jumping in the boat, and the humpback whales are just plain jumping.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 8 July 2018
• Anchovies, fennel, a splash of white wine and the briny drippings from...
  — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2019
• Talisker’s maritime and briny notes are like a warm welcome from a wild sea.
  — Outside Online, 27 Apr. 2020
• Thick, creamy and briny, this soup was loaded with clams and potatoes.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Oct. 2019
• The sweet and briny scallops perfectly play off the spicy sauce and the crunchy, salty chicharrones.
  — Eric Velasco, al, 5 Dec. 2019
• The truffle was present but not overpowering and the caviar was salty and briny.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022
• The wild prawn cocktail with Bere Island crab (€26) is sweet and briny, while the squash soup (€10) is a restorative.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 20 June 2022
• Here, the air is briny and the fog rolls in so thick that the stacks can disappear several times a day.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
• The briny fluid carries electrons towards the graphite through the wires.
  — Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2022
• A few hundred yards away, wild horses drink from a small, briny lake.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2022
• The briny rice stuffed in sea urchins transcended matters of faith.
  — New York Times, 2 Jan. 2021
• The latest proof of this truth just plipped, like a wee pebble, into the briny seas of Netflix.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 14 May 2021
• The saltiness is less like table salt and more like briny ocean water.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 4 June 2018
• With sweet red onion, briny Kalamata olives and salty feta, this hits all the right notes.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2021
• Capers provided briny bites, and thyme gave the dish an herbal base note.
  — Washington Post, 10 July 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024