How to Use sorghum in a Sentence

sorghum

noun
  • In a small saucepan combine broth and sorghum.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Some cooks even mixed roe into dense sorghum bread.
    — Michael Snyder, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Stir in broth, sorghum, and coconut milk.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Grains like spelt and sorghum can be used to make beer instead.
    — Em Sauter, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • There was bone-in chicken and fish, sorghum and Sadza.
    — Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Oct. 2025
  • This starts in early spring when sorghum seeds are planted.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Take, for example, the use of sorghum in snacks.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 3 June 2026
  • Remove from heat and drizzle with sorghum.
    — Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Some had walked overnight to receive bags of sorghum, beans and cooking oil.
    — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Don’t overlook whole grains like quinoa, sorghum, and farro.
    — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Flours made from sorghum can be used for baking gluten-free breads and pancakes.
    — Anthea Levi, Health, 16 July 2024
  • Light buckwheat flour or sorghum flour can be found at health food stores or online.
    — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The children are now eating sorghum and beans, high-iron beans, and even rice.
    — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Another way to eat sorghum is to pop it like popcorn for a snack.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 9 June 2024
  • The rings are hand-shaped, then boiled in water laced with more sorghum to give them a shiny, chewy crust.
    — Jane Black, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Warm coco bread is ready to be smeared with sweet malted sorghum butter.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Maggie has more on her mind than watering the sorghum, though.
    — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Sirad and her family couldn’t grow sorghum for two years on their farm.
    — Washington Post, 30 June 2022
  • Many brewers tried sorghum, but those beers tended to taste metallic and thin.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Green plots of sorghum, cassava, tomatoes and onions ring its edges.
    — Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, melt butter and add sorghum and bourbon.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The company also malts wheat, oats, sorghum, rye, rice and corn.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Barley, sorghum, oats, millet, rye, and wild rice are grasses, too.
    — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Field crops such as rice, wheat and sorghum all declined in value over the previous year.
    — Benjy Egel, sacbee, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Brewed from sorghum, this rustic farmhouse ale has notes of orange peel and peppery yeast.
    — Brierley Horton, Health.com, 27 June 2019
  • The rich black soil of these plains is covered in cotton and sorghum, but underneath run deep coal seams.
    — Ariel Bogle, New York Times, 17 May 2017
  • Papa John’s said that the new pizza crust is made from sorghum, teff, amaranth and quinoa.
    — Thomas Oide, sacbee, 7 Aug. 2017
  • Millets, including sorghum, now take up over two hectares of her land – a patch where maize was once the crop of choice.
    — Farai Mutsaka and Jamey Keaten, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Cotton is one of the crops that benefits most, along with corn, sorghum, and even Texas pecans.
    — Natalie Brand, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Cook and stir until sorghum is lightly browned, adding 1 Tbsp.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2026

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