How to Use cherry in a Sentence

cherry

noun
Definition of cherrynext
  • The kitchen cabinets are made of cherry.
  • The slight woody scent from cade is just the cherry on top.
    — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
  • This bizarre underwater creature is just the cherry on top.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 26 Sep. 2022
  • There are two distinct types of edible cherry trees: sweet cherries and sour cherries.
    — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Or the way the seafood nestles into a bed of slivered fennel, sweet caramelized onions and soft, blistered cherry tomatoes.
    — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The dark red color can be achieved using balayage highlights or a solid color with a hint of amarena cherry.
    — Monique Wilson, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The taste is the most powerful and complex among the five, featuring deep flavors of dark cherries and brown sugar.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The spooky, inky, jet-black accessory was the cherry on top of a perfectly villainous look.
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 30 Sep. 2022
  • That $200 Prime Day discount is really the cherry on top.
    — Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Not only did the tree blossom beautifully, but cherry tomatoes and a few larger ones sprouted because of the seeds in her poop.
    — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2022
  • This blend includes whiskies finished in sakura, or Japanese cherry blossom, casks.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2022
  • But Dalla Ragione points me to what looks like a small bunch of translucent marbles in Jesus’s tiny hand: cherries!
    — Mark Schapiro, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
  • That flavor is softened but definitely present on the palate of the final blend, which has strong floral notes of honey, stone fruit, cherry and spring blossoms.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2022
  • That fact relevantly, rather than in a cherry-picking way, distinguishes him from other people.
    — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Silky smooth tannins lead the way to flavors of red currant, cherry, clove, and raspberry with bracing minerality in the finish.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The venue was dotted with pink Japanese cherry blossom trees, creating an ethereal pink jungle atmosphere.
    — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Since this fungus creates most of its spores in late autumn and winter, cutting back flowering cherry, peach and plum trees during this time could cause your tree to be infected by Silverleaf.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
  • There’s also a customizable Old Fashioned menu, with choices of bourbon and gin as well as add-in cordials in flavors like passion fruit, tart cherry and banana.
    — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The cherry on the top was the £57 per person pirice tag.
    — Vicki Denig, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024
  • The fact that the show added an editor to the mix is the cherry on top.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The fact that this is eco-friendly is just the cherry on top.
    — Samantha Booth, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
  • That is probably the cherry on the cake of how painful all of this is.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The front light is handy, and the color features are the cherry on top.
    — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Or will the evanescence of your days be marked by the brief spasm of cherry blossoms in bloom?
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The days are getting longer and the cherry blossoms are on their way.
    — oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2023
  • And the cherry on top of the cake is my doll having a miniature Oscar.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
  • For the washed process, the seed is first taken out of the cherry and cleaned completely.
    — Julie Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Spencer Steer also added a homer late in the game to put the cherry on top of the victory.
    — Sam Joseph, CNN, 10 July 2024
  • Their grandson came to see them there and played in the yard, under a large cherry tree.
    — Haiane Avakian, The Atlantic, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Coffee beans grow as a plant known as a coffee cherry, and the bean is inside the pit of the fruit.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023

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