How to Use sun-dried in a Sentence

sun-dried

adjective
  • Slightly larger than a peppercorn, these chiles grow on bushes and are bright green, then red, and are often sun-dried once harvested.
    Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Most Yemeni coffee is sun-dried, which enhances its flavor and brings out undertones of chocolate and fruit, Almatrahi said.
    ABC News, 2 May 2026
  • Most Yemeni coffee is sun-dried, which enhances its flavor and brings out undertones of chocolate and fruit, Almatrahi said.
    Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
  • Most Yemeni coffee is sun-dried, which enhances its flavor and brings out undertones of chocolate and fruit, Almatrahi said.
    Dee-Ann Durbin, Twin Cities, 5 May 2026
  • These are not your average instant noodles; these go through a two-day fermentation process, are sun-dried, and hand-cut, resulting in a bouncy, chewy texture that goes above and beyond the cup of noodles of your past.
    Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
  • After harvest, the seeds—what becomes the basis of chocolate—are taken from the pods, sorted by quality, sun-dried, and sold to manufacturers, with Osvaldo keeping the best ones for his own small-batch line.
    David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Another study, which analyzed fresh and sun-dried dates of three native varieties from Oman for their antioxidant activity, found that all date varieties are a good source of natural antioxidants and could be considered a functional food.
    Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2025

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