How to Use gherkin in a Sentence

gherkin

noun
  • It was salad with cheese and meat that was topped with slivers of gherkins.
    — Susan Selasky, sacbee.com, 30 May 2017
  • It’s served with fingerling potato slices, gherkins and bread for dipping.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2023
  • In a bowl, whisk the mayonnaise, gherkins, garlic, ketchup, and scallions.
    — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2023
  • In the video, Olivia shows off a dinner comprised of bread, butter, grapes, cheese, gherkins, and wine.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The whole thing is held together by a bamboo clasp threaded with a gherkin, an olive and a big slice of pickle.
    — Alison Cook, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Putting chili powder, salt, or celery salt on the rim of the glass and chasing with a gherkin can take these to the next level.
    — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2023
  • On top of the crab, those olives mix with a green, pickle-y duo of sugar snap peas and gherkins to add crunch and more pops of spring brightness.
    — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
  • Add the mayonnaise, gherkin pickles and juice, celery, red onion, egg, a pinch each of salt, black pepper, and cayenne.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2021
  • Sugar snap peas, gherkins and Castelvetrano olives add plenty of crunch and spring vibrancy to the rich filling too.
    — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023
  • Check out Sunrise’s mini watermelon gherkins, odd and gorgeous things that are also called mouse melons.
    — Amy Scattergoodstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2019
  • To cajole people into eating snacks laden with spicy gherkin flavor, the folks at Frito Lay need to get themselves out of a real pickle.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The Canadians, meanwhile, are seeking to tax cucumbers, gherkins, pizza, ketchup, beer kegs, lawn mowers, sailboats, sleeping bags, and playing cards.
    — refinery29.com, 4 June 2018
  • The origins of the Christmas pickle tradition are murky, but experts believe that the glass gherkin ornaments have been hung on American Christmas trees since the late 1800s.
    — Katarina Avendaño, Good Housekeeping, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Gabriel Rico works with Goyita, the factory’s housekeeper, to make an experimental ceviche with mango and Mexican gherkins that look like miniature watermelons.
    — Julia Sherman, Vogue, 10 May 2018
  • Try the comprehensive Chef Board (regularly $18) loaded with burrata, coppa, prosciutto, peppered salami, fig jam, chef's olives, stone fruit, sweet gherkins and herbed pesto port wine derby cheddar.
    — Georgann Yara, azcentral, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Canadian authorities are aiming at politically sensitive states and products, including gherkin pickles, lawn mowers and toilet paper from Wisconsin.
    — Alan Freeman, Washington Post, 29 June 2018
  • Anyone returning from a city trip and regretting not having eaten a Käsekrainer at the famous Betzinger sausage stand in front of the Albertina Museum will find a snack in the suite with various cheeses, ham, gherkins, and capers—an accidental direct hit.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

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