How to Use lingonberry in a Sentence

lingonberry

noun
  • Crepes were great - light with lingonberry jam, a nice balance of sweet and tart.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Twigs of dead lingonberry and dryas shrubs drooped onto dirt the color of fresh asphalt.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
  • But the best thing about these bite-sized treats is the sweet and slightly acidic lingonberry jam that often accompanies them.
    — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes and lingonberries.
    — AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
  • At its best when hot and fresh, the delicacy, made with pig's blood, rye and flour, is usually served with lingonberry sauce.
    — Thomas Page, CNN, 30 May 2017
  • In the morning, wake to a cup of complimentary hot lingonberry juice and a sauna session.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Choose from lamb shank in a rosemary garlic demiglace, stuffed quail with lingonberry sauce, and bohemian duck with potato and bread dumplings.
    — Allyson Reedy, The Know, 22 Feb. 2017
  • Between chilly dips in the river’s plunge pool and sessions in the saunas, guests can make custom herbal tea or get a lingonberry facial at the spa.
    — Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The bright red drink gets its color and flavor from real Finnish lingonberries livened up with gin and hints of citrusy orange peel.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2023
  • His all-beef version is served with creamy mushroom gravy over mashed potatoes, with a traditional spoonful of lingonberry jam.
    — Jennifer Graue, The Mercury News, 27 May 2017
  • Introduce a slightly sweet element by topping each with a dollop of lingonberry jam.
    — Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Swedish meatballs are nestled with quick-pickled cucumbers, lingonberries, and a luscious potato purée.
    — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Don’t miss the moist lingonberry coffee cake ($5), which has just the right amount of sweetness, and glazed cinnamon rolls ($4), which strike a balance of crunch and chewiness.
    — oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The experiential dessert was a passion fruit-kimchi sorbet with a white chocolate custard served with parsnip chips dusted in lingonberry powder.
    — Mallory Arnold, Outside Online, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Lutheran churches served Finnish feasts of rice pudding, fruit soup, fish (much of it pickled or dried), beef stew, meatballs, lingonberries, beets, root vegetables, and more.
    — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 30 June 2017
  • Southwards, the coast yields to low stands of dwarf birch and willow, sphagnum bogs of arctic cotton grass, pitcher plants, blueberries, lingonberries, and cloudberries.
    — Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Beverages were coffee, tea or mors, a non-carbonated drink usually made from lingonberry and cranberry.
    — Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2017
  • Up in Alaska, Denali is honored with pork tenderloin with lingonberry gastrique and spruce-top shortbread cookies.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The dinner will feature Swedish meatballs and gravy, mashed potatoes, vegetables, lingonberries, Swedish rye bread and Swedish desserts.
    — Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Meals are served in the main lodge by the warmth of two fireplaces and are a celebration of local fare with ingredients like arctic char, moose, bear, reindeer, cloudberries, spruce, and lingonberries.
    — Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Monkey 47, for example, has classic botanicals like juniper and coriander but also lingonberries and spruce.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 22 June 2019
  • The Berries and Brunost Waffle brims with sweet Norwegian brown cheese (brunost) and lingonberry jam, a nod to the area’s Norwegian heritage.
    — Sarah Miller, Midwest Living, 29 Apr. 2026
  • They’re paired with Scandinavian berry oils (cloudberry, lingonberry, and elderberry), packed with antioxidants and omega fatty acids for deep moisture without the heaviness.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 7 Nov. 2025
  • This summertime festival includes lively folk dancing, traditional music, lingonberry slushies, and Viking combat demonstrations.
    — Kristi Valentini, Woman's Day, 25 June 2019
  • The store will also feature a supervised children’s play area and a 300-seat restaurant serving Swedish specialties such as meatballs with lingonberries and salmon plates as well as classic American cuisine.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Swedish meatballs are traditionally eaten with creamy brown sauce, mashed or boiled potatoes and lingonberry jam, a sweet condiment particularly popular in northern Europe and made from berries related to cranberries and blueberries.
    — Judith Vonberg, CNN, 3 May 2018
  • Further south, Scandinavian Specialities has been ensuring people’s pantries stay stocked with harder-to-find items like lingonberry preserve and salted licorice candy since 1962.
    — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Blueberries are a type of fruit that belongs to the Ericaceae plant family – a family which also includes huckleberries, cranberries, lingonberries, and more than 4,000 species of flowering plants.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Interestingly, the cranberry-esque tartness of Ikea’s signature Sylt Lingon (lingonberry preserves) calmed Pråst’s astringency.
    — Tia Keenan, Bon Appetit, 20 Mar. 2017
  • Inside the Sámi church, centuries-old wood creaks under candlelight—while at Nutti Sámi Siida (a reindeer lodge offering traditional Sámi experiences), visitors sip warm lingonberry juice and listen to joik songs.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025

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