SYRUP in a Sentence

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15 example sentences for SYRUP, such as:

1. Tinned fruit usually has a lot of syrup with it.
2. Maple syrup is a sweetener made from the sap of maple trees.
3. The high concentration of sugars forms a syrup when the sap evaporates.
4. Pour in some of the syrup, but not all of it, as it will probably overflow.
5. We get maple syrup from the sap that can exude from the trees in early spring.

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 Meanings and Examples of SYRUP
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
syrup
 n.  a thick sweet sticky liquid
Classic Sentence:
1  In her large black hands was a tray upon which food smoked, two large yams covered with butter, a pile of buckwheat cakes dripping syrup, and a large slice of ham swimming in gravy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  "He isn't brave," said Scarlett perversely, pouring half a pitcher of syrup over her waffles.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
3  Before they were quite tired of the concert Carol led them in a dancing procession to the dining-room, to blue bowls of chow mein, with Lichee nuts and ginger preserved in syrup.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  We had begun to roll popcorn balls with syrup when we heard a knock at the back door, and Tony dropped her spoon and went to open it.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2. The Hired Girls: IV
5  It restores the blue color of litmus-paper reddened by an acid, and it turns syrup of violets green.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 79. The Lemonade.
6  d'Avrigny opened the door, and took from the hands of the chambermaid a cup which contained two or three spoonfuls of the syrup, he then carefully closed the door.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 79. The Lemonade.
7  If the lemonade be pure and inoffensive, the syrup will retain its color; if, on the contrary, the lemonade be drugged with poison, the syrup will become green.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 79. The Lemonade.
8  At any rate, I have never believed in "cornering" syrup.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV.
9  My share of the syrup was usually about two tablespoonfuls, and those two spoonfuls of molasses were much more enjoyable to me than is a fourteen-course dinner after which I am to speak.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV.
10  Yet the recipe for the syrup also came from here," said Vassili, "seeing that my sister took it with her.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  Tinned fruit usually has a lot of syrup with it.
2  The high concentration of sugars forms a syrup when the sap evaporates.
3  Pour in some of the syrup, but not all of it, as it will probably overflow.
4  Maple syrup is a sweetener made from the sap of maple trees.
5  We get maple syrup from the sap that can exude from the trees in early spring.