How to Use delicious in a Sentence

delicious

adjective
  • Delicious aromas were floating from the kitchen.
  • This is the most delicious ice cream I have ever eaten.
  • The candy necklaces, bracelets and rings are, of course, far more delicious.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022
  • And there might be some legal, safe and delicious Chinese jerky in it, too.
    Frank Shyongcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Just enough time to grab a delicious gyro, their specialty, after leaving the press box late.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The jasmine tea and lavender in this cocktail sing cues of royalty, and this delicious cocktail is fit for a queen (or king)!
    Aly Walansky, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Hollywood's biggest night is going to be both starry and delicious.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • S’mores, for example, are delicious and always a fan favorite.
    Magdalena O'Neal, Sunset Magazine, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Stingless bees are renowned for their delicious and medicinal honey.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 5 Apr. 2022
  • From his sensational brisket to delicious Coca-Cola cake, word of his food has traveled far and wide.
    Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
  • If there are no scraps, no matter: The dish is so good, so earthy and flagrantly delicious, that people don’t wait for the excuse of baking day to make it.
    New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Four delicious and affordable kosher wines highlight our selection this week, ready for the start of Passover on April 15.
    Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Tap into nostalgia with this throwback dish that’s unapologetically salty, creamy, rich, spicy, delicious.
    Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Such toe-dipping within electropop’s diverse framework and its histrionic storytelling is delicious.
    A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Whatever the truth of that was, there was a deep, delicious irony in the fact that Saturday night’s Forum show might’ve been the live-est thing to hit that stage in all of 2024.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
  • And, at the end of the day, perhaps the most delicious.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The wine was delicious, but no one knew what the grape was.
    Liz Thach, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • The meat is delicious but the sides are equally stars of the show.
    Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
  • How did the bears not eat the delicious fish skin around their paws?
    Emily Atkin, New Republic, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The delicious lamb shank course was paired with the 2020 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge.
    Ronnie Koenig, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Dashi is the building block for some of the most delicious foods.
    Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Who doesn’t want to get out of bed when there’s a delicious meal at the ready?
    Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The food was delicious, and the greens on my salad were out of this world.
    Claire Perez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • And while the food is delicious, the teas also stand out.
    Larry Bleiberg, USA TODAY, 4 May 2018
  • Plus, there are tons of easy and delicious recipes to try out.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The best way to reheat a delicious chicken wing is in the oven.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 17 June 2020
  • The rough scratch of his stubble and its delicious burn.
    Arna Bontemps Hemenway, The Atlantic, 19 July 2019
  • The hors d’oeuvre could be as delicious (if not as filling) as the main course.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2021
  • The cups the beverage is served in are as delicious as the drink.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 June 2024
  • Driven by the desire to provide exceptionally delicious breakfast-style cuisine, his company hopes to make the best bagel in Louisville for residents and nationwide bagel lovers.
    Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024

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