ONION in a Sentence

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26 example sentences for ONION, such as:

1. Scatter the onions over the fish.
2. Store onions in a cool dry place.
3. The kitchen was redolent of onions.
4. Add the onion and cook for three minutes.
5. The odor of frying onions permeate the air.

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 Meanings and Examples of ONION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
onion
 n.  the bulb of an onion plant
 n.  bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
Classic Sentence:
1  In the course of her digging with her pointed stick Mistress Mary had found herself digging up a sort of white root rather like an onion.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  But he studied it over, and then said Jim would have to worry along the best he could with an onion.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII.
3  You might advise him to eat onion or garlic, or something of the sort.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
4  Upon my word, I never put an onion to my mouth.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT V
5  An odor of onions and the smoke of hot lard.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
6  They halted, looked embarrassed, babbled about onions.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  Madame Haupt was frying pork and onions, and had her door half open to let out the smoke.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
8  Madame Haupt had put back her pork and onions on the stove.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
9  Them 's particular onions I was a savin' for dis yer very stew.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
10  While speaking, Caderousse went on peeling a fresh supply of onions.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 81. The Room of the Retired Baker.
11  He was truly crying, but it would have been difficult to say whether joy or the onions produced the greatest effect on the lachrymal glands of the old inn-keeper of the Pont-du-Gard.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 81. The Room of the Retired Baker.
12  He went home with his gun and his dog, to the dark cottage, lit the lamp, started the fire, and ate his supper of bread and cheese, young onions and beer.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
13  To this small yard or poultry-run a length of planking served as a fence, while beyond it lay a kitchen garden containing cabbages, onions, potatoes, beetroots, and other household vegetables.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III
Example Sentence:
1  Add the onion and cook for three minutes.
2  I always fry potatoes in hot fat with a bit of onion.
3  Life is like an onion; you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
4  As you peel away the onion skin,you will find another skin underneath.
5  The gourmet stated that this was the best onion soup she had ever tasted.
6  We must weed out the yellow flowers among the onions as soon as possible.
7  Scatter the onions over the fish.
8  The kitchen was redolent of onions.
9  The onions bulb poorly in this cold wet season.
10  Store onions in a cool dry place.
11  The odor of frying onions permeate the air.
12  Pour all but about 2 ounces of the beer over onions in skillet and cook them down over medium heat, stirring occasionally until all beer evaporates and onions are soft.
13  Burgers are the restaurant's specialty, and I sampled a big, juicy Island Burger that got its flavor from grilled pineapple and onions with tomato.