How to Use mandarin in a Sentence

mandarin

1 of 2 noun
  • Are mandarins and oranges good for you?
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Prasad is a scion of a once-proud clan of mandarins, now shut out from the halls of power.
    — Jamie Merchant, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2025
  • With his thumb, Emil peels a mandarin from his pocket and eats it in two bites.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • With juicy mandarin, blood orange, and crisp bergamot.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 4 June 2026
  • Here are two kid-friendly recipes that make use of mandarins in both sweet and savory dishes.
    — Tara Massouleh, AL.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The festival is about more than mandarins, Storm said.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Ambrosia salad called to me with its pill-bottle-bright mandarin slices.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • Bergamot, cedrat, mandarin, and grapefruit are among the stars in these scents.
    — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 27 May 2026
  • His mandarins started to ripen early, but are still coming in with good flavor.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Orange, lemon and mandarin trees that continue to bear fruit all these decades later.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2022
  • New York has been late and slow in embracing the now 87-year-old mandarin.
    — Curbed, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The produce business was packed with oranges, lemons, mandarins, pineapples and berries of all kinds.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado february 28, Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Serve with almond crunch and additional mandarin zest on top.
    — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Would the palace mandarins have made analyses of her fertility?
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 11 May 2018
  • Pull down a few branches to use as a table runner and place a single mandarin on each plate as a place setting.
    — Monique Valeris, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Fragrant flowers and mandarin oranges were favorites among this group.
    — Kelsey Kloss, ELLE Decor, 5 Aug. 2016
  • Chou instead takes a cue from the seasons, which means strawberries in the summer and mandarins right now.
    — Rachel Karten, Bon Appétit, 24 Feb. 2020
  • Some of the fun color choices include wave stripe, picante stripe, lake stripe, mandarin stripe, julep, and jet black.
    — Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The three-day festival comes just as mandarins are starting to be harvested.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Meyer lemons are a hybrid of a Eureka lemon and mandarin.
    — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Flavors include fresh grapefruit segments, some mandarin mid palate and slight caramel in the finish.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The new floral fragrance features notes of orange blossom, mandarin and neroli.
    — Atlanta Life, ajc, 27 Mar. 2018
  • My aunt lives there and one of my favorite activities in the fall is picking mandarins from her mandarin trees.
    — Jae-Ha Kim, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2023
  • Warm tones include orange, salmon, mandarin, and vibrant fuchsia.
    — Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Also scallops with coconut, satsuma mandarin, radish, dill and oxalis, plus snacks and dessert.
    — Polly Campbell, Cincinnati.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Green mandarin and sage lend a subtle scent that makes an impression —and the bottle is refillable.
    — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Even the tonic is homemade with mandarins and blood oranges, so stopping in for a refreshing drink is well worth it.
    — Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The 8-ounce candle is made from food-grade paraffin, plant oils, soy wax, and yuzu, mandarin, and neroli blossom fragrance.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Sprinkle with mandarin segment pieces and then the diced avocado.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The Italian mandarin is blended with other citrus tones like bergamot and neroli.
    — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022

mandarin

2 of 2 adjective
  • The sweet-and-sour fish is Cuban pargo (red snapper), not mandarin fish.
    — The Economist, 2019-09-14

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