How to Use cuke in a Sentence

cuke

noun

• Once a bit of liquid has drained, pour it out, then transfer the cukes and radishes from the colander to the bowl.
  — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit, 24 May 2018
• Toss the cukes with a generous pinch of salt and let drain until the chicken hits the broiler.
  — Tanya Sichynsky, The Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2019
• Peel onion, cut in half longways, and slice into semicircles the same width as the cukes.
  — Hugh Acheson, Esquire, 4 Apr. 2017
• Some people harvest their cukes by turning the fruit parallel to the vine with a quick snap.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 19 May 2017
• My version used crispy cukes and baby bok choy along with radishes and green onions, all bathed in a toasty sesame-miso dressing.
  — Ashleigh Spitza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2017
• As in baseball, there are bats, such as celery, carrots and cukes — all so easy to slice — and balls, such as turnips, celery roots, onions and beets.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 26 May 2017
• Divers usually get more than $4 a pound for cukes, making the fishery worth nearly $5 million at the docks.
  — Laine Welch, Alaska Dispatch News, 2 Sep. 2017
• So there is still time to throw in come-last-minute squash, cukes, beans, and herbs, and yes, even some Early Girl-type tomatoes, as long as their days-to-harvest are 70 days or less.
  — Sally McCabe, Philly.com, 21 July 2017
• A pitcher of water infused with cukes, strawberries, and mint leaves?
  — Lisa Lillien, PEOPLE.com, 24 July 2017
• Or, listen to this: Make the salad, but leave out the fatty stuff and just do veggies (tomatillos, cukes, green pepper, garlic, chiles like jalapenos or poblanos, cilantro).
  — James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2019
• These cukes are the most widely-pickled variety of cucumbers.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 9 Apr. 2018
• Grow space-hungry vining crops—such as tomatoes, pole beans, peas, squash, melons, cukes, and so on—straight up, supported by trellises, fences, cages, or stakes.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 19 Jan. 2017
• Everything is shooting out of the ground right now—berries, greens, tomatoes, eggplants, lettuces, melons, peaches, nectarines, plums, beans, greens, corn, cukes, and peppers, too.
  — Bon Appétit, 15 Aug. 2019
• Dress the cukes: Add remaining ingredients to the cucumbers.
  — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• Salads are also in the mix, including the $11 Gioia Chop made with radicchio, salami, ricotta salata, chickpeas, cukes, olives and walnuts.
  — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2019
• Toss spinach and tomatoes into a morning omelet, snack on baby carrots and cukes with humus during the day or try an energizing juice blend of beets, carrots and celery.
  — By Sheah Rarback, miamiherald, 2 Oct. 2017
• In lieu of tomatoes and cukes (yawn), chefs Sarah Hymanson and Sara Kramer pack sandwiches with pickled fennel, cauliflower, radishes, and fresh herbs.
  — Lauren Bans, Bon Appetit, 13 Feb. 2017
• Snack on cukes with some tzatziki or hummus, or whip up this gorgeous Spiralized Cucumber Apple Salad.
  — NBC News, 11 July 2018
• Just like tomatoes, pumpkins, and avocados, cukes count as vegetables in terms of supermarket organization, but not in the world of science.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 10 Dec. 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024