How to Use wholesome in a Sentence

wholesome

adjective
  • There was something so wholesome and down to earth about her.
    — Liz Sporkin, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2018
  • So invite your friends over for a night of wine and wholesome fun.
    — Maggie Griswold, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The recipes are wholesome and fresh, and no foods are off-limits.
    — Christine Byrne, SELF, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Here are a few things to look for in a wholesome food for your active dog.
    — Shelby Deering, Country Living, 11 Sep. 2018
  • Fans swooned over the wholesome answer.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Rather than their wicked vices, most used the meme to show love to their most wholesome pleasures.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The latter have failed to produce a sweet and wholesome bread.
    — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Your guests will feel wholesome and indulgent at the same time.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The spotlight is on fresh kale in this wholesome, simple dish.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
  • What happens next is pure wholesome madness.
    — Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But the defense has tried to show it all as innocuous, or even wholesome.
    — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • No one is going to mistake her for a wholesome country girl, fresh off the farm.
    — Bob Doerschuk, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2018
  • A day of wholesome fun, with a talent show and yearbook photos.
    — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Nearly all of it was really nice and (god help me) wholesome.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Our love was so wholesome, with nothing to prove to ourselves or anyone else.
    — Stephanie MacK, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
  • High-fiber, wholesome and delicious brownies may sound too good to be true.
    — Virginia Willis, AJC.com, 8 Feb. 2026
  • After two wholesome hours of singing and chanting, the crowds file out in happy groups.
    — Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • Yogurt has long been praised as a wholesome, nutritious food—the elixir of the dairy aisle.
    — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Soft, wholesome, bright and cheerful aromas of red and black cherries and fresh plums.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • While some shows are more wholesome and emotional, this one is very action-packed and horny.
    — Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 15 Sep. 2025
  • At the time, the video seemed off-brand for someone who was regarded as a wholesome child star.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 11 July 2019
  • See some of the most hilarious and most wholesome memes in the photos above.
    — Kara Quebedeaux, Houston Chronicle, 22 Nov. 2019
  • For guests on the move, a grab-and-go fridge just off reception is stocked with wholesome snacks and salads.
    — Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2025
  • The track is an old-school ballad with a booming snare, keys and a wholesome '60s vibe.
    — Bonnie Stiernberg, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2019
  • What struck was how wholesome a Bad Bunny halftime could be.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The quick-and-easy wholesome meals for four are available throughout the month for $25 or less.
    — Claire Perez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • All of the ingredients are wholesome, and the meals are easy to prepare.
    — Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Cdn, Nasm-Cpt, Good Housekeeping, 16 June 2022
  • Though that's through 2020 eyes — for a brief time in the last decade, flash mobs were cute and wholesome.
    — Jean Bentley, refinery29.com, 9 May 2020
  • The actress countered by telling a story about the time Prince asked her out in a wholesome way.
    — Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 25 Sep. 2024
  • But, as with most things online, this wholesome trend has split into two directions.
    — Annabelle Canela, Parents, 6 Aug. 2025

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