How to Use gherkin in a Sentence

gherkin

noun

• It was salad with cheese and meat that was topped with slivers of gherkins.
  — Susan Selasky, sacbee.com, 30 May 2017
• On top of the crab, those olives mix with a green, pickle-y duo of sugar snap peas and gherkins to add crunch and more pops of spring brightness.
  — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
• The whole thing is held together by a bamboo clasp threaded with a gherkin, an olive and a big slice of pickle.
  — Alison Cook, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
• Add the mayonnaise, gherkin pickles and juice, celery, red onion, egg, a pinch each of salt, black pepper, and cayenne.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2021
• It’s served with fingerling potato slices, gherkins and bread for dipping.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2023
• Fear not: There's a gherkin and a tomato slice pillow to accompany your seat of choice (condiments, sadly, will have to be passed up).
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 29 Apr. 2019
• The origins of the Christmas pickle tradition are murky, but experts believe that the glass gherkin ornaments have been hung on American Christmas trees since the late 1800s.
  — Katarina Avendaño, Good Housekeeping, 27 Oct. 2022
• Check out Sunrise’s mini watermelon gherkins, odd and gorgeous things that are also called mouse melons.
  — Amy Scattergoodstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2019
• Plant some Mexican sour gherkin cucumbers or blue borage.
  — Anne Brockhoff, kansascity, 24 Apr. 2018
• The Canadians, meanwhile, are seeking to tax cucumbers, gherkins, pizza, ketchup, beer kegs, lawn mowers, sailboats, sleeping bags, and playing cards.
  — refinery29.com, 4 June 2018
• While the chicken is cooking, make the sauce: Stir together the mayonnaise, vinegar, chopped gherkins and their juice, mustard, sugar, garlic, horseradish, pepper and the pinch of salt in a medium bowl, until well incorporated.
  — Bonnie S. Benwick, The Denver Post, 24 June 2019
• Step 3 While the chicken is cooking, make the sauce: Stir together the mayonnaise, vinegar, chopped gherkins and their juice, mustard, sugar, garlic, horseradish, pepper and the pinch of salt in a medium bowl, until well incorporated.
  — Bonnie S. Benwick, Washington Post, 19 June 2019
• Try the comprehensive Chef Board (regularly $18) loaded with burrata, coppa, prosciutto, peppered salami, fig jam, chef's olives, stone fruit, sweet gherkins and herbed pesto port wine derby cheddar.
  — Georgann Yara, azcentral, 25 Nov. 2019
• Gabriel Rico works with Goyita, the factory’s housekeeper, to make an experimental ceviche with mango and Mexican gherkins that look like miniature watermelons.
  — Julia Sherman, Vogue, 10 May 2018
• Canadian authorities are aiming at politically sensitive states and products, including gherkin pickles, lawn mowers and toilet paper from Wisconsin.
  — Alan Freeman, Washington Post, 29 June 2018

Last Updated: 13 Oct 2024