How to Use sweet cherry in a Sentence

sweet cherry

noun
  • But if not, just frozen sweet cherries works perfectly fine.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Dec. 2025
  • As a kid, my job in the cellar was cleaning the tanks—the sweet cherry aroma lured me in.
    — Jenn Rice, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • When selecting cherries, make sure to choose sweet cherries, not sour, for this pie recipe.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
  • As the name suggests, tart cherry juice is more sour than black cherry juice, which is made from sweet cherries.
    — Lindsey Desoto, Health, 8 July 2024
  • Train sweet cherry trees to the open center system with three to five scaffold branches.
    — oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2021
  • Both tart and sweet cherry trees are readily available for home growers.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This pack of three rings comes in savory sky blue, sweet cherry red, and common transparent white.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 4 May 2021
  • One with dark, sweet cherries and the other with Rainier, a yellow/red cherry.
    — Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The hardest part may be deciding which one of these 34 sweet cherry recipes to make first.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 July 2023
  • This bright, simple, and bursting-with-flavor sweet cherry tomato and fresh shrimp recipe is just that.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Rich and smoky salmon pairs well with sweet cherry tomatoes, and serving with brown rice or quinoa rounds out a nutritious meal.
    — Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 1 May 2026
  • Washington produces more sweet cherries than any other state.
    — Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2017
  • When these sweet cherry and grape tomatoes burst, their delicious juices help make this pasta sauce extra tasty.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
  • On the palate there are flavors of sweet cherry, wild fresh strawberries, blood orange, and allspice.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 8 May 2021
  • Moran recommends sweet cherry trees (Prunus avium) if your goal is to create lush shade in your yard.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Tart cherry juice and regular, sweet cherry juice differ in the type of cherry used to produce them.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 26 Nov. 2025
  • As a result, more than 75% of Michigan's sweet cherry harvest was lost.
    — Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2024
  • There's nothing like adding shrimp, seasonings, and sweet cherry tomatoes to a tray and then letting the oven do all the work.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
  • And stay away from the likes of blueberries, sweet cherries, peaches and pears, which are too sweet for this supremely sugary dessert.
    — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2018
  • In this recipe, they are cooked directly in the pan with sweet Italian sausage along with sweet cherry or grape tomatoes.
    — Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 22 Jan. 2026
  • In this recipe, they are cooked directly in the pan with sweet Italian sausage along with sweet cherry or grape tomatoes.
    — Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
  • These cherries are smaller and brighter than regular sweet cherries, and have a distinct tangy flavor.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Like pawpaw, sweet cherry trees can be difficult to pollinate.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 29 May 2026
  • Dwarf varieties will produce fruit the quickest, often in one to three years, while full size sweet cherry trees can take up to seven years.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Dwarf varieties will produce fruit the quickest, often in one to three years, while full size sweet cherry trees can take up to seven years.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Cherry Kool-Aid Spilled includes sweet cherry and vanilla bean.
    — Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Bing is one of the many Bigarreau-type sweet cherries that make good commercial fruits because of their firmness.
    — Washington Post, 2 July 2019
  • Make these little cherry pies and dress up like a vampire to pretend the sweet cherry filling is actually blood and guts.
    — Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Each order features an enormous piece of fatty foie gras drizzled in a sweet cherry jam and a slightly spicy and nutty salsa macha.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
  • With its appealing sweet-sour flavor profile, a perky sauce that features sweet cherries can add pizazz to myriad entrees.
    — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 1 June 2026

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