How to Use sugary in a Sentence
sugary
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The dough is soft and cakey, and forms a scrumptious sugary crust.
— Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Yes, the topping is very sugary, but for me, that's a plus.
— Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2024 -
All of the resorts in the complex have a stretch of sugary white sand.
— Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024 -
The Crème Brûlée donut mimics the sugary crunch of the custard dessert.
— Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024 -
The flesh is peachy and bright, with a fragrant and sugary bouquet.
— Heide Brandes, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023 -
Who doesn’t love a sugary, sweet drink that tastes like dessert?
— USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2023 -
Extra sugary taste Go green in the name of healthy hair.
— ELLE, 30 Apr. 2022 -
The salty, crunchy peanuts are a great contrast to the soft, sugary candy corn pieces.
— Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2023 -
The park plans to give away the sugary treat to opening-day riders.
— Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 10 June 2021 -
The ants are after their sugary nectar and do not cause any harm to the plant.
— Steve Bender, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2024 -
Two and a quarter pounds of winter squash might be sugary sweet one time and bland the next.
— J. J. Goode, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2022 -
But its aim is to do more than dish up the sugary sweetness to Clevelanders.
— Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 16 June 2022 -
These Serbian fruit slices are sweet, but still have a tang that cuts through the sugary taste.
— Cathy Jakicic, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2021 -
Fruit bats do, too, eating up to twice their body weight in sugary fruit a day.
— Wei Gordon, Discover Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024 -
Avoid adding sugary fruit juices, puree, or syrups to cut down calories and carbs.
— Women's Health, 14 June 2023 -
The calm, turquoise waters gently lap against the sugary shores.
— Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2021 -
The sweet spot arrives in the bridge, as the beat drops out and we're left with Alexander's sugary harmonies.
— Marcus Jones, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2021 -
All the kids, having plied themselves with sugary treats, are on a high of their own.
— The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2021 -
In the 1950s, people looked at sugary drinks as a source of energy.
— Hallie Lieberman, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023 -
Forms the sugary crust that will be the cake's top, and has a great caramel-rich flavor that's perfect with the pineapple.
— Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 13 May 2024 -
The tangy buttermilk adds a nice contrast to the sweet sugary base.
— Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Mar. 2024 -
This year, local customers showed up in droves for the sugary treats.
— Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2022 -
As the bees pass the nectar, the sugary substance turns into honey.
— Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 13 Dec. 2023 -
There follows a sugary epiphany in which Moses stands up to the officer and so purges him of evil.
— Terry Teaxhout, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2021 -
This raisin bran tastes just like the sugary stuff only ... without all the sugar.
— Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 26 Jan. 2023 -
Dieters remove all the sugary foods from their kitchens.
— Time, 29 Dec. 2022 -
But a trip isn't all sugary frozen drinks and oversize fishbowls here.
— Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 July 2023 -
Dates: the sugary fruit of the date palm tree has been cultivated in the Middle East for thousands of years.
— Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 17 Apr. 2023 -
That wasn’t really the case, as the drink was just as sugary as a bottle of Coke or Mountain Dew.
— Kara Nesvig, Parents, 10 Oct. 2024 -
Here, vendors set up stalls to hawk goods and sugary concoctions and friends gathered around hookah pipes.
— Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2024
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