Example sentences for: edible

How can you use “edible” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Loveless Bob has no such gene, and thus stands on the bank wondering whether his brother's corpse will attract any large, edible fish.

  • Could a further reason for the word's success be that it rhymes with the name of a kind of edible molluse that is a traditional feature of British seaside holidays?

  • The palms are said to have grown from stone spat out by Arab pirates during the first millennium, but today’s crops are not edible.

  • And it is only with a great effort of will that I now refrain from referring you to my new favorite publication, Beer Frame: The Journal of Inconspicuous Consumption , and its article on the superiority of the Hydrox to the Oreo, its salute to products with "edible spokescharacters" like the Pillsbury Doughboy, Charlie the Tuna, and Slim Jim, and finally its definitive history of the styptic pencil ("styptic," proclaims the editors, "is such an excellent word").

  • At nearby Barbour’s General Store, an authentic 19th-century grocery, try the local specialty of dulse, an edible seaweed that is New Brunswick’s answer to chewing gum.


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