How to Use cherry tomato in a Sentence

cherry tomato

noun
  • Place the cherry tomatoes around the sea bass and add soy sauce.
    Redbook, 4 Apr. 2011
  • In a large bowl, toss the romaine with the radicchio and the cherry tomatoes.
    Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 28 Mar. 2018
  • And the top layer is cherry tomatoes that have been halved and tossed with olive oil and salt.
    Daniel Neman, Twin Cities, 20 June 2019
  • Place a cherry tomato half, cut side up, on top of the filling.
    Meredith Deeds, Star Tribune, 25 Dec. 2020
  • Both agree that cherry tomatoes don't break down and get saucy enough.
    Rochelle Bilow, Bon Appetit, 22 May 2018
  • Place a cherry tomato in the middle of each circle of dough.
    SFChronicle.com, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Take a pile of chips, a pile of sweet chopped brisket and a pile of cheese, then add sour cream and a ring of cherry tomatoes and just hang on.
    Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 15 June 2018
  • Add 1¾ cups cherry tomatoes, ¾ cup basil leaves and ½ cup mint leaves.
    Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2018
  • Add sliced cherry tomatoes and cook for two to three minutes.
    Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2020
  • One played snooker, not with a cue stick, but with a chopstick and cherry tomatoes.
    Jane Li, Quartz, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The first was ‘Indigo Rose,’ a large red cherry tomato that is all blue or blue with some red.
    Pam Peirce, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2022
  • What’s better than cherry tomatoes to get the job done during Rent Week?
    Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 3 Oct. 2017
  • When the oil is hot enough to shimmer slightly and flow freely when the skillet is tilted, add the cherry tomatoes.
    Wolfgang Puck, Twin Cities, 5 June 2019
  • Arrange cherry tomatoes on the vine on a rimmed baking sheet.
    Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 25 July 2018
  • One of my new go-tos this summer has been blistered cherry tomatoes.
    Becky Krystal, The Seattle Times, 4 Sep. 2018
  • Serve with baked kale chips and a lettuce and cherry tomato salad.
    Atlanta Life, ajc, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The tomato powder from The Spice House is clown nose-red and as sweet as the summer’s smallest, ripest cherry tomato.
    Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 12 Apr. 2021
  • And a half cup of baby spinach, 10 sliced cherry tomatoes and three to four sliced white button mushrooms.
    Health.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Toss cherry tomatoes in olive oil and a splash of balsamic vinegar and give them a quick 10-minute high-heat roast.
    Terri Milligan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Burrata on grilled toast with kale pesto and cherry tomatoes set the mood at a recent ladies lunch.
    Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 19 June 2018
  • Along another path, Williams stops to lift a wayward cherry tomato vine and places it back in its bed.
    Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2020
  • The crisp crust, smeared with basil pesto, was laden with cherry tomatoes, squash, scallions, sweet peppers and cheddar cheese.
    Suzanne Loudermilk, baltimoresun.com, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Place the cherry tomatoes on the baking sheet and drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
    Joe Yonan, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2019
  • Add them to the Dutch oven with some of their pasta water (aka liquid gold), butter, and cherry tomatoes.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Add a mushroom, another piece of meat and then a cherry tomato.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 24 May 2021
  • To serve, divide the soup into 4 bowls and garnish with the cherry tomato slices and remaining green onion.
    ExpressNews.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • But even cherry tomatoes grow quickly and can last a couple of growth cycles.
    John Tuohy, Indianapolis Star, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Arrange the cherry tomato slices on top of them, using them to fill in gaps where necessary so that the dough is all covered.
    Leslie Brenner, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Right now there's an abundance of wild cilantro, so at Pujol the herb is paired with a yellow corn dough and cherry tomato salsa.
    Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2022
  • Tangy, creamy goat cheese, topped with cherry tomato halves, is baked inside crisp, flaky puff pastry cups.
    Meredith Deeds, Star Tribune, 25 Dec. 2020

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