How to Use navel orange in a Sentence

navel orange

noun
  • One navel orange also counts as one cup of fruit.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 23 Dec. 2025
  • One navel orange also counts as one cup of fruit.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Just like their cousin the navel orange, cara caras are seedless, too.
    — Casey Barber, CNN, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The two large navel orange trees in her backyard predate her.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Trim off the top and bottom of a whole navel orange, then cut into wedges.
    — Kathleen Purvis, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Eliza Tibbets started the first two seedling navel orange trees.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • Citrus season has begun, with juicy navel oranges, ready to be peeled and sliced.
    — David Tanis, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Tart and sweet blood oranges are the stars of this bubbly cocktail, though navel oranges make for an easy swap.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • In this recipe, sweet navel orange and fresh lime strike a balance of sweetness and sharp acidity.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 23 June 2026
  • Cut the blood oranges and navel orange crosswise into 1/4-inch slices and place in a low bowl.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 6 Feb. 2018
  • While the outer rind may seem like a regular navel orange, the inside is anything but!
    — Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Spice up your weekend get-together with a cara cara orange cocktail—your guests will be so impressed. Give your old cranberry orange muffin recipe a tune-up by subbing in cara cara for the classic navel orange.
    — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2023
  • Just sauté steak and top it with a mix of navel orange slices and alcaparrado—a blend of olives, pimientos and capers.
    — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 18 June 2014
  • As soon as Gilly unlatched the door, the bird flew out and settled in the fruit bowl, gripping an enormous navel orange.
    — Clare Sestanovich, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Despite the ruby red interior, the blood orange tastes just like a navel orange.
    — Heloise, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2018
  • Some research suggests navel oranges may have even more vitamin C content than blood oranges.
    — Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Bloomsweet grapefruit and navel oranges are only slightly less cold tolerant.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Cut 1 large navel orange into thin slices (remove ends) and stuff into cavity, along with 6 or 8 thyme sprigs.
    — Susan Nicholson, ajc, 15 Sep. 2017
  • In particular, king-sized navel oranges look and taste spectacular.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Unlike the navel orange, the blood orange is available only in December through May. The blood orange is an excellent source of fiber and vitamin C, and contains small doses of protein and potassium.
    — Heloise, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2018
  • Both contain ample vitamin C, but Sumo Citrus edges out navel oranges due to its larger size.
    — Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The miraculous orange was renamed the Washington navel orange.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Both Sumo Citrus and navel oranges have antioxidants that support the immune system.
    — Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Harvest citrus now, including limes, kumquats, mandarins, grapefruits, lemons, tangelos and navel oranges.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Sumo Citrus have about 147 milligrams of vitamin C per fruit, which is almost double the amount in a navel orange.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Jac Ciardella sat at his kitchen table in New Jersey and inserted a syringe into a navel orange.
    — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, 15 June 2020
  • Valencia oranges, the world’s most popular orange, have twice as much juice as navel oranges, the king of California citrus.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Now is the time that navel oranges and their varieties — Robertson and Cara Cara prominent among them — begin to ripen and will do so over the next four months.
    — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2024
  • There always seemed to be something sweet (a piece of maple candy or bar of chocolate), a fist-sized navel orange and, tucked into the toe of the stocking as the last item to be revealed, a tiny, memorable gift.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Blood oranges are the less acidic citric cousin to navel oranges, meaning its tart, berry-like overtones accentuate our IPA in an amazing way.
    — Bailey Loosemore, The Courier-Journal, 4 Mar. 2018

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