How to Use sorrel in a Sentence

sorrel

noun
  • Green borscht is made with sorrel and is popular in the summer.
    — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2022
  • Williams would add sorrel, lovage and strawberries to the list.
    — Washington Post, 17 May 2021
  • The beds hold tomatoes, kale, peppers, sorrel, basil, and parsley.
    — Midwest Living, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Yes, rhubarb is a vegetable, part of the tangy tasting sorrel family.
    — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 23 June 2023
  • Sheep sorrel is oxalis, a plant with compound leaves that resemble clover.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Fresh sorrel, a hardy, leafy green perennial, gives simple white beans a zap of color and a lemony tang.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Oxalic acid, for example, is found in buckwheat, spinach, sorrel, and rhubarb.
    — Kate Lebo, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
  • These are poems of saplings, sorrel, peregrine falcons, fox, fireweed, rhubarb, sourdock, and ice.
    — Nina MacLaughlin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • The Branzino a la Plancha is legendary with green olive and white bean salad, lemon aïoli, and sorrel.
    — Chelsea Davis, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
  • There’s often aveluk, an indigenous wild sorrel, which is delicious.
    — Ann Abel, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021
  • In the botanical garden, Friis leaned into some ferns and came up nibbling on a shoot of sorrel.
    — Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Penny, a 3-year-old sorrel mare with a white blaze, had been slobbering her feed and fighting her bit, signs of a likely toothache.
    — Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Unlike other leafy greens, sorrel is a perennial plant in Zones 4-9.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2026
  • In the spring, my family would pick sorrel, eating handfuls of the citrusy leaves raw before whizzing the rest of our haul into a neon green tonic.
    — Heather Eddy, Bon Appétit, 4 Dec. 2021
  • The goat with spicy scallop creole and the pepper shrimp with sorrel, Scotch bonnet chile, and thyme were two dishes that really stood out.
    — Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Dec. 2025
  • These include artichoke, asparagus, lovage, rhubarb, sea kale, and sorrel.
    — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 2 June 2026
  • These include artichoke, asparagus, lovage, rhubarb, sea kale, and sorrel.
    — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 9 May 2026
  • Head-high sword ferns and redwood sorrel acted as a lush, green carpet, while 300-foot-tall redwoods as thick as a car burst up from the forest floor.
    — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 6 Aug. 2020
  • This year, the star ingredient will be sorrel, a type of Hibiscus flower that can be used to make jams, syrups, and a common favorite, juice.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 12 Oct. 2023
  • At cocktail hour, guests drifted back to the firepit for sunset cocktails like the green flow (gin, sorrel, mastiha liqueur) and bowls of local pistachios.
    — Anya Von Bremzen, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2026
  • Refrigerate until service, then reheat the sorrel on the stovetop.
    — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Most recently, Warthen worked on transforming the garden’s sorrel into a pistou to serve with scallops.
    — Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
  • Musil sculpted the face of the sorrel into the herd, resulting in a piece so intricate in detail that the entire work looks carved in 3D.
    — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022
  • It was also nicely complemented by the homemade fresh juices, which includes options such as carrot, pineapple and sorrel.
    — Restaurant Critic, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2026
  • Compared to some other microgreens, red-veined sorrel takes a bit longer to grow—they'll be ready to harvest about 17 to 30 days after planting.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Sorrel Lastly, Craig recommends sorrel as an easy-to-grow perennial vegetable.
    — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 2 June 2026
  • Sorrel Lastly, Craig recommends sorrel as an easy-to-grow perennial vegetable.
    — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 9 May 2026
  • Meridian’s version is filled with duck confit, topped with small leaves of red sorrel and served in a delicate broth made from Brazilian tucupi — a derivation of cassava root.
    — Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Island Spice Groceries also has a vast selection of teas, featuring sorrel, ginger and other flavors.
    — Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Surrounded by edible sorrel flowers.
    — Eric Mandel, AJC.com, 3 Mar. 2026

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