How to Use beefsteak in a Sentence

beefsteak

noun
  • The region has grown a lot in the past six decades, but diners have come to rely on these hearty aged beefsteaks.
    — Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Fruit can weight several pounds, as in beefsteak types, or be very small, as in grape types, and everything in between.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • These juicy red fruits come in all shapes, sizes, and colors, from small cherry tomatoes to round and squat beefsteak varieties.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 27 May 2026
  • Brian Cox reads Cézanne’s letters with a beefsteak self-regard.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • This is a great place to use larger tomato varieties like beefsteak or Roma.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2025
  • There’s a potato-leaf pink beefsteak called Rebel Yell and the Yugoslavian Crnkovic.
    — Dana Coffield, The Denver Post, 19 May 2017
  • Rich Life is one of only a handful of small mushroom farming operations to take on the beefsteak polypore.
    — Jamie Clarkson, The Enquirer, 26 June 2021
  • Large, or beefsteak, tomatoes are big and juicy, usually round, with varieties in several colors.
    — Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Every single staffer jumps at the chance to taste test recipes that make good use of bright red beefsteaks, sweet-as-heck sungolds, and juicy AF heirlooms.
    — Emily Schultz, Bon Appétit, 9 Aug. 2019
  • All types of tomatoes—from beefsteaks that are larger than your hand to bite-size grape tomatoes—are usually pollinated by insects or the wind.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2026
  • These tiny tomatoes will be sweet and juicy any time of year, unlike larger out-of-season varieties like beefsteak, which can have a mealy texture out of season.
    — Casey Barber, CNN, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The two are thick as thieves, until one night that starts with prime beefsteak and ends in delicious Prosecco and limoncello cocktails.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The aim is to harness the process of decomposition, changing the fish’s collagen into sugars over days or weeks, akin to how beefsteaks are aged.
    — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Learn about the impressive genetics behind beefsteak tomatoes’ mammoth size.
    — Samantha Oltman, WIRED, 12 June 2015
  • For others, there may be an aspect of flexing one’s masculinity and success through the consumption of beefsteak, a luxury in much of the world.
    — Steven Kurutz Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
  • That said, several slicing and beefsteak cultivars are widely considered great options if sweetness is your goal.
    — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 30 May 2026
  • One night, the guests pooled their rations to give von Steuben’s manservant the ingredients for a dinner of beefsteak and potatoes with hickory nuts.
    — Erick Trickey, Smithsonian, 26 Apr. 2017
  • There are dozens of tomato varieties from tiny cherry patio tomatoes to big beefsteaks for those wonderful white bread tomato sandwiches.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
  • But other wild fungi have more fanciful names such as eyelash cup and dog’s nose fungus or names that emphasize that they can be eaten, such as chicken of the woods or beefsteak fungus.
    — Matt Kasson, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
  • English brown oak comes from oaks that have been infected by the beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica, which turns their heartwood brown.
    — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Choose fingerling potatoes over russets or cherry tomatoes over larger beefsteak varieties.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Stakes, on the other hand, are a stronger and more compact support system, especially for larger tomato varieties like heirlooms and beefsteaks.
    — Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 17 May 2026
  • Cherry tomatoes typically ripen early; the larger beefsteak and heirloom varieties can take several months to mature.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022
  • Giant, honking beefsteaks and sprightly Sungolds are begging to be transformed into salads and gazpachos, tossed with pasta and sliced into sandwiches, or eaten raw by the fistful.
    — Rachel Sugar, The Atlantic, 24 July 2025
  • Muscular locomotion could have allowed animals to graze on the beefsteak-like bacterial mats and to attack other stationary organisms.
    — Robert Moor, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2016
  • Firmer varieties like Roma or plum tomatoes tend to hold up better after slicing than very soft, juicy varieties like beefsteak or heirloom tomatoes, which are more delicate and can become watery more quickly.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 28 May 2026
  • And, of course, the Florentine beefsteak, which is a T-bone steak cut from the loin, traditionally made from a Tuscan breed of cattle called the Chianina.
    — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 28 May 2021
  • Of special interest this year is Sart Roloise, a Belgian beefsteak variety that performs well in Southern California.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 Feb. 2026
  • In Kashmir, Forster came across a shop where kebabs and beefsteaks were being prepared and conversation was flowing easily, reminiscent of the coffee houses in London.
    — Anu Kumar, Quartz India, 26 July 2019
  • One of its parents is a sweet yellow cherry tomato (known as Baby Blue) with anthocyanin-rich blue shoulders, while the other is White Wonder, a creamy yellow beefsteak with unique tropical flavors.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 11 Mar. 2026

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