How to Use sashimi in a Sentence

sashimi

noun
  • Their sushi spread is one of the best in town with a wide range of rolls and sashimi.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 5 Oct. 2019
  • Not exactly the kind of roe that comes with your sashimi plate.
    — Emma Grey Ellis, Wired, 12 Nov. 2020
  • My lunch-mates opt for the Gillardeau oysters and sashimi mix.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
  • But sushi, sashimi and nigiri comprise the brunt of the seafood menu.
    — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Her snacks were all protein-based, like beef skewers or sashimi.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Along with sushi rolls, the restaurant offers sashimi and poke bowls.
    — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Each night, the sushi chef comes up with a new selection of fresh sashimi and rolls.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Very fine sushi and sashimi and creative maki based on the best raw fish available.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Videos of bat sashimi, rumored to be the source of the virus, are also going around.
    — Lavender Au, The New York Review of Books, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The salmon rice salad features salmon sashimi atop rice and lettuce.
    — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2018
  • Truffle sashimi with tuna, hamachi, chili ponzu and black truffle purée.
    — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2023
  • And while the ramen bowls are great, so are the sashimi salads and tempura wedges.
    — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2017
  • Want to arrange a sushi chef to fly in to a backcountry airstrip for a night with a cooler of fresh sashimi?
    — Christopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2022
  • In the kitchen, cooks carefully laid out garnished dishes of whale heart sashimi.
    — Ivan Watson, CNN, 2 July 2019
  • Vancouver’s sushi scene has come a long way since the days of seaweed- and sashimi-fearing diners.
    — Claudia McNeilly, Vogue, 6 July 2017
  • Not to be missed are the Nobu style sashimi tacos with tuna, lobster, uni, ribeye or shrimp.
    — Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Sea urchin also comes as nigiri for $12, and sashimi for $24.
    — Ella Gonzales march 13, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
  • For sashimi lovers, Dashi doesn’t disappoint.
    — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Fried dishes, kushiyaki skewers, plus sushi, sashimi, rolls, salads, soup and desserts round out the menu.
    — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The restaurant hand-grates its intense wasabi and has a stunning lineup of raw fish featured in its sashimi.
    — Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • And almost always that supersize slab of sashimi is too much for Shoshana.
    — Rachel Levin, SFChronicle.com, 10 June 2019
  • Lidgey launched a new omakase tasting menu this week, served at the chef’s counter, featuring that day’s sashimi creations.
    — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Grab a seat at the circular dark-wood sushi bar to watch the chefs at work and sample fresh salmon sashimi or seared tuna with foie gras.
    — Leigh McMullan Abramson, Town & Country, 21 June 2014
  • The sushi chef making the edible art in front of me passed me a dish holding two buttery pillows of deep red sashimi.
    — Amelia Rayno, chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Expect butter-soft salmon sashimi, Wagyu beef tacos, and truffle potato chips.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The show is made up of lots of long, lingering footage of the menus and the meals — sizzling meat, trays of sashimi, steaming bowls of noodles.
    — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2017
  • At Japanese eatery Matsu, the world-class sashimi is caught fresh from the lake daily.
    — Maura Kutner Walters, Town & Country, 22 Apr. 2014
  • There’s a sashimi platter and truffled lobster pearl pasta mac with Maine lobster.
    — Connie Ogle april 3, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
  • While Upstream has had sushi and sashimi as part of its focus on fish and seafood, Sasser says the new menu will have even more.
    — Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 19 Feb. 2018
  • The extremely fresh sashimi plate at Sarashina Horii can include toro, seared tuna, salmon, and sea bream.
    — Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2021

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