How to Use pinto in a Sentence

pinto

1 of 2 noun
  • One of the bigger boys tries to mount but gets stuck with one leg over a pinto’s rear.
    — Jennifer Percy, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
  • This grain-free blend still offers plenty of fiber via pinto beans, peas, and lentils.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022
  • His body is mostly torso, his skin both ruddy and tanned, like a pinto.
    — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Drain and rinse the pinto, cannellini, kidney and black beans.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
  • So that’s what the restaurant is serving, atop a bed of gallo pinto (red beans and rice) with a side of sweet maduros.
    — Carlos Frias, miamiherald, 10 Aug. 2017
  • For example, any type of bean (from white to pinto and even lentils) are totally fair game in a pot of chili.
    — Audrey Bruno, SELF, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Creamy pinto beans, decent jalapeño presence, and a hint of smokiness.
    — Alex Begg, Bon Appétit, 28 July 2021
  • All beans—pinto, white, heirloom, black, kidney—contain a lot of protein.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health.com, 30 Apr. 2020
  • Before sealing the bag, use a rolling pinto gently flatten the meat (do not roll back and forth) to about half an inch thick.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 4 June 2026
  • Red kidney beans, navy beans, and pinto beans are also calcium-rich options.
    — Amy Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2021
  • Kalel's diamond is the size of a pinto bean, which, TBH, doesn't seem that big to me.
    — Seventeen, 18 Mar. 2017
  • This spicy vegetarian chili is loaded with kidney, pinto and black beans.
    — Casey Barber, CNN, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Cook a pound of dry black beans, pintos or chickpeas in the slow cooker (or electric pressure cooker) and freeze in 2-cup portions.
    — Judy Walker, NOLA.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • For those needing to know, Herro’s creation is brown rice, pinto beans, half steak, half chicken, sour cream, cheese and guacamole.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Beans, corn, rice and tortillas are great sources of complex carbohydrates, and pinto and black beans also provide fiber and protein.
    — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Use two cans of beans—cannellini are recommended, but any other mild variety, such as kidney, pinto, or navy, will work well.
    — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Try traditional cuisine like gallo pinto (rice and beans) and vigoron (a dish made with yucca, pork rinds, and cabbage salad).
    — Essence, 13 May 2026
  • In addition to the white and red species, black, pink and green abalones were also commercially fished (two other native species, pinto and flat abalones, were not).
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Oak Lawn Baseball is joining a travel league for the fall, which is open to any players from last season at the pinto, mustang, bronco or pony levels.
    — Daily Southtown, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Beans like navy, black, garbanzo, kidney, pinto, and lima beans are rich in fiber, protein, and key minerals like magnesium and potassium.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The horse is usually multicolored, similar to the American paint horse, also known as a pinto.
    — Dave Kindy, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2022
  • By the end of the show, the clear winner was a strikingly beautiful pinto named South Steens Maggie Magpie.
    — Britta Lokting, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2020
  • In the 1920s, for example, Shetland ponies were introduced to the island to add pinto coloring to the herd.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The beans will cook to tender perfection and then be mixed with rice and sautéed bell peppers, onions, and garlic to produce a uniquely Costa Rican version of gallo pinto.
    — National Geographic, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Start the day with gallo pinto (Costa Rican rice and beans) served with two eggs cooked to your liking, fresh cheese, ripe plantains, and sour cream or go for avocado toast, pancakes, or artisanal yogurt.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
  • At about midday Tuesday, the Puerto Vallarta resident posted an image of a plastic tub with what appeared to be a pinto spiny lobster chilling inside.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Help a local cook prepare traditional specialties like gallo pinto, tamales, and tortillas; play a game of pick-up fútbol; or practice Spanish with your new Costa Rican friends.
    — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • Help a local cook prepare traditional specialties like gallo pinto, tamales, and tortillas; play a game of pick-up fútbol; or practice Spanish with your new Costa Rican friends.
    — National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The menu includes breakfast tacos, enchiladas, gorditas and puffy tacos, but the fideo loco is something special, a heaping bowl of mild beef picadillo with those short-thread vermicelli noodles, whole pinto beans and soft bites of potato for $5.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Alva returned often to visit, finding the family mountain a place of solace — riding the tractor, walking the fields, devouring his stepmother’s pinto beans and cornbread, and shooting targets with his handgun.
    — Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021

pinto

2 of 2 adjective
  • Drain and rinse the pinto beans, then spread onto a paper towel-line sheet.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Jardins grew up on pinto beans but likes to make King City pinks at home in her pressure cooker.
    — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Lysne loses two big fish and spirals down into that dark place anglers go when they’ve been bested by creatures with brains the size of pinto beans.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 9 June 2020
  • Bundled in a brown velour tracksuit and fleece beanie, 87-year-old Dorothy Moore dropped chunks of hog jowl into cans filled with pinto beans.
    — Shane Mitchell, Saveur, 21 Feb. 2018
  • If salt, Tapatio and a clay pot can be considered basics, then please remember to pack me a 50-pound bag of pinto beans.
    — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2021
  • Just three days ago, Kim, 38, shared another pic from the family’s Wyoming adventure, showing North and Chicago atop a pinto horse.
    — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The Burrito Love is made with the customer's choice of steak, chicken or pork with garlic, white or Mexican rice, black or pinto beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, crema and queso.
    — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Besides traditional barbecue sides like pinto beans and three-cheese mac, the restaurant also sells healthier options like Brussels sprouts and roasted cauliflower.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Wrapped in bacon and the bun stuffed with pinto beans, onions, tomato, mayo, mustard and jalapeño salsa, the Sonoran dog is a fusion of American pork products with vibrant Mexican flavors.
    — Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2021

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