How to Use huckleberry in a Sentence

huckleberry

noun
  • Our deals page is your huckleberry.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 May 2026
  • The touch of flame kept huckleberry and camas fields abundant.
    — Kate Wiliams, The Seattle Times, 15 Oct. 2018
  • The huckleberry chicken flatbread ($9) is a new item on the menu.
    — James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 18 Jan. 2018
  • The woods thin to a mix of alder interspersed with big Douglas firs and red huckleberry.
    — Brian J. Cantwell, The Seattle Times, 7 June 2017
  • Make a wreath of huckleberry or boxwood leaves; place it in a flat bowl, and arrange fresh flowers in the center.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Good Housekeeping, 7 May 2015
  • Our bounty was more than enough to coat our salmon dinner in a huckleberry compote — and have plenty of berries to spare.
    — oregonlive, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Laura made a duck tamal wrapped in mustard greens with huckleberry sauce and haroset that the judges felt had way too much happening.
    — Buddha Lo, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
  • Roadside stands tempted with huckleberry pie, cherry jam and bison jerky.
    — Marlise Kast-Myers, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 July 2017
  • The ground around the tower is blanketed with heather, anemones, purple asters and huckleberry bushes.
    — New York Times, 28 Sep. 2019
  • For dessert, the couple chose a huckleberry lavender cake by Kelly Gray Cakes and a dessert bar.
    — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2023
  • If the weather is nice, you’ll be treated to some stellar views of Mount Rainier, glassy lakes and huckleberry picking.
    — Northwest Motorsport, The Seattle Times, 7 June 2017
  • Don’t miss the huckleberry flavor, though the cardamom is also wonderful.
    — Ac Shilton, Outside Online, 5 July 2018
  • Pick huckleberries on site for your breakfast pancakes, and hunt for dinner plate-sized king bolete (porcini) mushrooms for your stroganoff dinner.
    — idahostatesman, 24 May 2016
  • The scents of wild mushrooms, red huckleberry, calypso orchids, and sword ferns always evoke an Endor vibe.
    — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Among these, Indian plum, red flowering currant, salmonberry, and red huckleberry are ones to watch for.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Purple beets are a positive bummer, leaden slabs squirted with oily olive puree and huckleberry conserves without any dairy or acid to cut through the dense, beety fog.
    — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Park Café goes through around 500 gallons of huckleberries every season.
    — Priya Krishna, CNT, 2 Oct. 2017
  • This is the spot to load up on strawberries, marionberries, huckleberries and blueberries straight from the farm.
    — Kathleen Squires, latimes.com, 5 June 2017
  • The menu boasts bison blueberry sausage with blue corn and huckleberry, Kickapoo chili, three sisters salad and chia berry pudding.
    — Noah Sheidlower and Radhika Marya, CNN, 24 Nov. 2021
  • After dessert — a cushiony cotton cheesecake drenched in citrus and huckleberry flavors — Owens jokingly asked what the next course would be.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 19 Mar. 2018
  • However, if you are bound and determined to have a rifle that will put almost anything on the planet down with authority, this is your huckleberry.
    — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 5 Sep. 2019
  • For instance, plants that grow in the shade of the forest – such as salal and evergreen huckleberry – don’t want the full-sun, prairie conditions required by camas and meadow checkerbloom.
    — oregonlive, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Other committee members wondered why the huckleberry shake or ice cream weren’t proposed instead, to support the state’s dairy industry.
    — Betsy Z. Russell, idahostatesman, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Mount Rainier is full of elderberry and huckleberry bushes, as well as vine maples, all of which turn different shades of yellow, orange, and red in autumn.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Mature bucks are often found in bachelor groups during this hunt, but getting to them sometimes means navigating around black bears feeding in the lush huckleberry fields.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Crandall drifted across the southbound lane, drove onto the sidewalk, and crashed into the store, which sells apparel, huckleberry products, toys and souvenirs.
    — Christina Lords, idahostatesman, 25 June 2018
  • And, of course, no visit to Northern Montana would be complete without a slice of huckleberry pie at Loula’s Café.
    — Brent Rose, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The site is very private and being in the forest, there is a lot of screening from the native understory plants—huckleberry, wild rhododendrons, wax myrtle, and sword ferns.
    — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The gummies resemble pâte de fruits, the chewy French candy, and the products boast flavors such as Meyer lemon, kumquat, blood orange and huckleberry.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Recreating like a Montana resident isn't simply a matter of knowing the best fishing hole or the lushest huckleberry-picking spot.
    — Ali Wunderman, Star Tribune, 21 May 2021

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