How to Use peeler in a Sentence

peeler

noun
  • Use your vegetable peeler to make them.
    — Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Even when that something small and good is a vegetable peeler.
    — Longreads, 24 June 2022
  • Shave cheese with a vegetable peeler or very thinly slice, and add to bowl.
    — Sarah Karnasiewicz, WSJ, 6 May 2022
  • The peeler can cut fruits and vegetables, slice cheese, and even scale fish.
    — Sofia Joseph, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The peeler can cut fruits and vegetables, slice cheese, and even scale fish.
    — Sofia Joseph, jsonline.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Use a knife or vegetable peeler to cut a wide strip of lemon peel, avoiding the pith.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2026
  • There were unclean knives and peelers stored with clean utensils.
    — Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Use a vegetable peeler to shave thin shards of pecorino over the salad.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2021
  • One of the most versatile kitchen tools is a vegetable peeler.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Peel the mango with a vegetable peeler (or paring knife in a pinch).
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Use a paring knife or vegetable peeler to make two three-by-one-inch strips of orange peel.
    — Outside Online, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Peel the lemon zest in long strips with a vegetable peeler, making sure to avoid the bitter white pith.
    — Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 July 2021
  • Using a vegetable peeler, remove the squash skin, then peel away long strips of flesh from the neck.
    — Kate Krader, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2021
  • This little corn peeler is a total game-changer.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
  • With a peeler, cut an orange twist and express the oils into the cocktail.
    — New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
  • To get pretty curls, run a vegetable peeler along the long side of a chocolate baking bar.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Hold the peeler in your dominant hand and the lemon in your non-dominant hand.
    — Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Cut each carrot in half, then use a vegetable peeler to start peeling the top half of the carrots.
    — Michelle Stark, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Using a vegetable peeler, cut from the bud to the bottom of the spear until the spear is too thin to shave.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2021
  • My chef knife is everything from a knife to a peeler to a muddler to a bottle opener.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Break or cut the roots from the rhizomes, wash them, peel them with a vegetable peeler, wash again and slice them into pieces.
    — Pam Peirce, SFChronicle.com, 15 Jan. 2021
  • To make lemon-zest strips, use a vegetable peeler to shave off the lemon’s thin outer peel, then cut this zest into strips.
    — Sunset Magazine, 1 July 2022
  • Using a knife or a potato peeler, curl a rind of a lemon and twist over the glass before placing it in the glass.
    — Karla Alindahao, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • Same goes for your vegetable peeler, the blades in your food processor, and anything else that cuts and chops.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Have your kids work with peelers to shred carrots and celery into a fancy salad.
    — Caylin Harris, Parents, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Peel pumpkin with a vegetable peeler, then shave flesh into thin ribbons to equal 2 cups.
    — Marian Cooper Cairns, Country Living, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Peel-on is fine, but feel free to remove with a vegetable peeler for easier slicing.
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Using a vegetable peeler, remove the zest from 1 large lime in strips, then very finely mince the zest.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Like produce buried deep in the ground, your peeler may not see the daylight after exploring this list.
    — Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appétit, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Peel the stalks with a vegetable peeler and cut into 1/2- to 3/4-inch pieces.
    — Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025

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