How to Use carrot in a Sentence

carrot

noun
  • She chopped some carrots for the soup.
  • He added some grated carrot to the soup.
  • The company offered a carrot in the form of additional vacation time to workers who met their deadlines.
  • But sometimes the carrot is more effective than the stick.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • Beta-carotene is the same compound that is found in carrots, red peppers, and sweet potatoes.
    Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
  • If carrot is full-colored and about finger-size, gather greens together and pull.
    Christopher Michel, Country Living, 18 July 2022
  • This might include any weekday leftovers, the last egg in the carton, the one carrot in the crisper, the jar of beets at the back of the fridge, etc.
    G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 21 July 2022
  • This bowl is veggie packed with carrots, cucumbers, peppers, and cabbage, which can all be prepped the day before.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
  • My teens love them because there are enough pieces in the set to divide and conquer when chopping carrots, onions, and other veggies.
    Terri Peters, Parents, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Butter lettuce filled with ground bison, sweet onion, water chestnut, ginger, carrot, soy and hoisin sauce.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2022
  • Assistants brought out hay, an apple and a carrot, and Wallingford grabbed a handful of fresh grass from outside the barn door.
    Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 28 July 2022
  • Founder Stephanie Lundgren makes hers with black beans, finely chopped onion, carrot, celery, and red pepper, rice, and oat flour.
    Lisa Zwirn, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
  • Blend a small carrot and a knob of fresh ginger with a hearty glug of olive oil, a couple spoonfuls of rice vinegar, then season with sugar, soy sauce and onion powder.
    New York Times, 20 July 2022
  • Despite the dangling carrot of escape, Stray is about experience rather than challenge.
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 19 July 2022
  • Think pumpkin pie, yams, Thanksgiving salad, breakfast casserole, sweet potato hash, soup bowls and glazed carrots.
    Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Core ingredients include beet, cabbage, onion, potato and carrot.
    Karina Tsui, Washington Post, 1 July 2022
  • Add chopped onion, carrot, celery, and garlic; cook, stirring often, until softened, about 7 minutes.
    People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2022
  • Every morning, guests are offered a steaming hot bowl of rich brown Miso soup, brewed with lemon slices, carrots, shiitake mushrooms and fresh herbs, served alongside a tall glass of tart green apple kale juice.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The line offers a score of kid-friendly items, including colorful spatulas stamped with bunny, chicken and a carrot designs, along with suction plates with fun shapes like tractors and sheep.
    Antonia Debianchi, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2022
  • Whereas many jarred foods contain a single ingredient like pureed peas or carrots, pouches are more often a blend that features a sweet fruit such as apple or pear as the primary ingredient.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The, the i, the, the, the city used the, the story says the carrot approach in the beginning.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2023
  • To read more, click the carrot in the right-hand corner.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But much like the judges said, his carrot slaw was the standout of the plate.
    Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
  • If somebody chops the carrots in the wrong way, that’s not gonna work with the dish.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
  • But in the absence of the stick, there still exists the carrot.
    Kate Cimini, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
  • There was a carrot stew, a trough of gooey black beans.
    Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
  • The streambed was orange, as if the rocks had been stained with carrot juice.
    Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
  • While the carrots are hot, toss them with about half the cumin, half the salmoriglio, and the pistachios.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2024
  • He’s been known to sip carrot juice and frequent the gym for hours a day.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Make the bed: Place the carrots and onions in the bottom of the roasting pan or baking dish.
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023

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