How to Use tomato in a Sentence

tomato

noun
  • Remove the tomato sauce from the heat and stir in the basil.
    Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Arancini arrive on a pond of light tomato sauce, flecked with tiny orbs of mushroom.
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Smear tomato paste over brisket, scatter garlic and carrots around meat.
    Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Whirl 1 large heirloom tomato (8 oz., chopped) in a blender until smooth.
    Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 27 Oct. 2022
  • While fresh are delicious, canned tomatoes are great for easy chili or pureed into tomato soup.
    Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Despite that tomato shortage, Patricio vows Heinz ketchup will stay on the shelves as usual.
    Christine Romans, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The Neapolitan-style pie is topped with tomato sauce, buffalo mozzarella, broccoli rabe and black olives.
    Sonal Dutt, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
  • In Japan, people enjoy pickled mackerel pizza and sometimes add squid ink to the tomato sauce.
    Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The last of the season’s sweetest tomatoes came fanned out with thin slivers of peppery onion lashed with a brisk red wine vinaigrette and scent of basil ($28).
    John Mariani, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Juices made from vegetables, such as tomato juice, carrot juice, beet juice, or celery juice—or a combination of these—tend to be good options.
    Kayla Girgen, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
  • California’s tomato growers produced less than hoped this season.
    Stephanie Elam, CNN, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Consider this the Thanksgiving version of the viral feta and tomato bake.
    Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Though the city’s myriad hot dog vendors take their liberties here and there, swapping regular relish for neon or a green tomato for a red one, one rule is ironclad: no ketchup.
    Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The addition of tomatoes and a square of kelp or kombu deepens the flavors, creating a nourishing and satisfying soup.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Heat the garlic and oil for 2 to 3 minutes, then add the tomato purée to the the pan and stir.
    Mark Holgate, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2024
  • And save those cans of tomato juice for your next brunch!
    Treehugger Editors, Treehugger, 27 July 2023
  • Start with a base of onion or leeks, tomatoes, red wine and broth, and build from there.
    Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • If there’s a tie, the winner will be the tomato that was entered first.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Just be mindful of creamy tomato bisque stains on the pages.
    Christine Pride, SELF, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Kumari bought about a pound of tomatoes and 2 pounds of onion.
    Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • There’s no lettuce, tomato, or fresh cheese in the fridge.
    Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 15 July 2024
  • Set a fine-mesh strainer over a bowl and add diced tomatoes.
    cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
  • First, the seed leaves are produced, and then the true tomato plant-looking leaves.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2023
  • There are four peppers in mellow tomato sauce in the can.
    Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Stir in beans, tomatoes, hot sauce and 2 tablespoons of the spiced oil.
    Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 17 May 2024
  • Continue to stir to make a slurry and cook the tomato paste, about 1 minute.
    Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Once the stacks are rolled up into logs, the pinwheels are cut and placed in a dish lined with San Marzano tomato sauce.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The salad and the tomato dish both happened to be vegan.
    Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Stir in the beer and cook until reduced by half, about 2 minutes, then stir in the broth, beans, tomato purée, and green chiles.
    Farideh Sadeghin, Saveur, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Ah Italy, the land of pizza, pasta and plenty of tomato sauce.
    Julia Buckley, CNN, 28 Oct. 2022

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