How to Use plum pudding in a Sentence

plum pudding

noun
  • Paragraphs are as studded with dates and numbers as a plum pudding with raisins.
    — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Sporting impish expressions, the cats eat plum pudding and sing carols.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Check out the menu, which includes Peacock Pie (made with duck), beef tenderloin and plum pudding.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2019
  • So was the plum pudding, which melted in one’s mouth, likewise the jellies, in which Amy reveled like a fly in a honeypot.
    — Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Amarena cherries and plum pudding aromas are sweet and effusive, with just the suggestion of toastiness to the oak in the background.
    — Brian Freedman, Forbes, 3 June 2021
  • Subsequent royals also have continued the tradition of giving plum puddings as gifts.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
  • And rounding out the collection is The Bates' Tea, premium plum pudding black tea with vanilla, baked fruit, and spices.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2019
  • There were many variations, but the English plum pudding, also known as Christmas Pudding, was the richest.
    — Donald Gilliland, The Seattle Times, 24 Dec. 2017
  • Though Anne was partial to plum pudding, most islanders — and visitors — prefer to fill their bellies with Malpeque oysters, which appear on raw-bar menus around the world.
    — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The desserts surrounding the Ghost of Christmas Present sound tempting, but plum pudding isn’t best for diabetics’ blood sugar.
    — Terena Bell, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2019
  • Funded by the Crown (the Whigs and Tories refused to use public funds), there were more ox roasts, tonnes of plum pudding and lakes of ale served to her delighted subjects.
    — Tom Parker Bowles, Town & Country, 15 May 2022
  • The authentic-to-the-14th-century celebration includes homemade mince pie and plum pudding.
    — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 29 Nov. 2021
  • This Christmas, my British relatives will be eating a plum pudding, which has been the pièce de résistance of holiday dinners since the Victorian era.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Distinctly chocolatey on the nose, with touches of espresso beans, vanilla, and cassis, all of which prepare the palate for flavors of blueberry cobbler, round and rich brambly berries, plum pudding, and melted chocolate.
    — Brian Freedman, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • According to Parker-Bowles, Queen Mary of Teck’s plum pudding recipe was particularly decadent.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Minty and perfumed with cedar, but with a solid core of huckleberries and kirsch, before a palate that glides across the tongue with plum pudding, cracked pink peppercorns, Chinese five-spice powder, dark cocoa powder, and cinnamon stick.
    — Brian Freedman, Forbes, 17 May 2021
  • Eliza Acton, a leading cookbook author of the day who helped to rebrand plum pudding as Christmas pudding, offered a particularly frugal recipe that relied on potatoes and carrots.
    — Troy Bickham, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
  • During the 18th century, the two crossed to become the more familiar plum pudding – a steamed pudding packed with the ingredients of the rapidly growing British Empire of rule and trade.
    — Troy Bickham, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
  • During the 18th century, the two crossed to become the more familiar plum pudding – a steamed pudding packed with the ingredients of the rapidly growing British Empire of rule and trade.
    — Troy Bickham, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Eliza Acton, a leading cookbook author of the day who helped to rebrand plum pudding as Christmas pudding, offered a particularly frugal recipe that relied on potatoes and carrots.
    — Troy Bickham, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Puddings, as a genre of food, were popular in England and America in the 18th Century, and plum pudding was sometimes referred to as Christmas pudding.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The turkey and plum puddings remain at the British royal family’s annual Christmas luncheon at Sandringham, as does (at least during Queen Elizabeth II’s reign) the boar’s head.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025

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