How to Use wholesome in a Sentence

wholesome

adjective
  • Though that's through 2020 eyes — for a brief time in the last decade, flash mobs were cute and wholesome.
    Jean Bentley, refinery29.com, 9 May 2020
  • The latter have failed to produce a sweet and wholesome bread.
    Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2021
  • It’s like one of the most wholesome, simple, and cheap foods available.
    Joel Wigelsworth, Bon Appétit, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The two co-leaders for the award spoke about Pulisic's achievement in a wholesome moment.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The 2024 Summer Olympics brought out some of the most wholesome and inspiring moments of the year.
    Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • All of the ingredients are wholesome, and the meals are easy to prepare.
    Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-Cpt, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2022
  • Yogurt has long been praised as a wholesome, nutritious food—the elixir of the dairy aisle.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Add a wholesome autumn decor touch to your space with a little DIY.
    Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Their tone departed from the more wholesome, aw-shucks style of KVN.
    Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The actress countered by telling a story about the time Prince asked her out in a wholesome way.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Supper Mario Broth is one of the most wholesome Mario blogs on the internet.
    Ash Parrish, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Your guests will feel wholesome and indulgent at the same time.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2023
  • A day of wholesome fun, with a talent show and yearbook photos.
    Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
  • See some of the most hilarious and most wholesome memes in the photos above.
    Kara Quebedeaux, Houston Chronicle, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The storylines are quite wholesome (and free of the teen crush content so prevalent in these types of shows).
    Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Neither hears the truth, as often as is wholesome, and both suffer for the want of the corrective.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Overall, a very sweet and wholesome end to a difficult date.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The world needs this wholesome content now more than ever.
    Abby Gardner, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Hearing the Who Dey chant on TV in a road stadium is wholesome.
    cleveland, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Thanks to the wholesome themes, there is plenty to enjoy here in addition to the cute couple.
    Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The family of five can eat healthy, wholesome food for only $100 a week.
    Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2021
  • But the defense has tried to show it all as innocuous, or even wholesome.
    Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Soft, wholesome, bright and cheerful aromas of red and black cherries and fresh plums.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • That all of these elements are in a rather wholesome and kid-friendlt package is icing on the cake.
    Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 4 June 2022
  • Plus, one of the biggest threats is sent packing and a wholesome team is reunited.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • One is a kind of tech bro type, and then another is a sort of gentler, more wholesome version of this.
    The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Next to this sort of shadiness, a race at Will Rogers Downs, outside Tulsa, looked wholesome.
    William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
  • The Jeep franchise was wholesome enough, but the passenger-car side dish smelled rotten.
    Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
  • That also means this is the last time this specific group will fight as a team, and the locker room scene before the last match is pretty wholesome: All beefs are set aside, with Demetri and Eli finally apologizing and hugging it out.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The wholesome, family-friendly experience could include a punch machine and pillow fighting lessons from the pros in a real-world setting.
    Candace Oehler, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024

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