sweet-and-sour
adjective
: seasoned with a sauce containing sugar and vinegar or lemon juice
sweet-and-sour shrimp
Examples of sweet-and-sour in a Sentence
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The classic melty sandwich gets even better with the addition of sweet-and-sour chutney.
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Andy Fenner, Saveur, 24 May 2024
Once, Reid was in charge of the sweet-and-sour meatballs and stuck with the mandate to only give out three per person.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2024
The business was in trouble, according to Diana, and her parent’s couldn’t boost the mere 40 tickets or so per day for $6.45 chow mein or $7.75 sweet-and-sour pork.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 10 May 2024
Get The Recipe 09 of 12 Big Batch Bourbon Ginger Ale Punch Recipe
This sweet-and-sour punch has got some spice.
—Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2024
Verma Farms Beary Beach flavor and covered in sweet-and-sour sugar crystals.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2023
The fight started between childhood friends over a packet of sweet-and-sour sauce outside a McDonald’s.
—Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
Served with its head and tail attached, the scored fish arrives in a glossy orange sweet-and-sour sauce that improves on the usual duet with its infusion of ginger, garlic and scallion.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
Outside the McDonald’s, a fight erupted over a packet of sweet-and-sour sauce, police said, and Naima was stabbed to death by one of her companions, a 16-year-old girl who later pleaded as a juvenile to voluntary manslaughter.
—Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
Andy Fenner, Saveur, 24 May 2024
Once, Reid was in charge of the sweet-and-sour meatballs and stuck with the mandate to only give out three per person.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2024
The business was in trouble, according to Diana, and her parent’s couldn’t boost the mere 40 tickets or so per day for $6.45 chow mein or $7.75 sweet-and-sour pork.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 10 May 2024
Get The Recipe 09 of 12 Big Batch Bourbon Ginger Ale Punch Recipe
This sweet-and-sour punch has got some spice.
—Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2024
Verma Farms Beary Beach flavor and covered in sweet-and-sour sugar crystals.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2023
The fight started between childhood friends over a packet of sweet-and-sour sauce outside a McDonald’s.
—Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
Served with its head and tail attached, the scored fish arrives in a glossy orange sweet-and-sour sauce that improves on the usual duet with its infusion of ginger, garlic and scallion.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
Outside the McDonald’s, a fight erupted over a packet of sweet-and-sour sauce, police said, and Naima was stabbed to death by one of her companions, a 16-year-old girl who later pleaded as a juvenile to voluntary manslaughter.
—Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
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