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Examples of key lime in a Sentence
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Over spoonfuls of Dominique Ansel’s key lime pie at Caesars Palace and many more sweets, Valastro shares stories with Harris about his growing empire of bakeries and cake vending machines.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
From classic icings to unique toppings, the doughnut shop has a wide variety of flavors on its ever-evolving menu, including brown butter and salt, strawberry shortcake and mini key lime pie doughnuts, plus other baked goods like cherry pie pop tarts and cinnamon crunch cookies.
—Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2024
Featured flavors, including key lime and lemon raspberry, are available in all cake sizes while the pop-up flavors only come in a personal-size bundtlet, according to the release.
—Tanasia Kenney, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024
The menu, which combines Caribbean coastal flavors with Mediterranean techniques, capitalizes on local delicacies, tapping nearby markets for fresh seafood and coconuts and sourcing ingredients, like key limes, Bermuda cherries, and basil, from its own garden.
—Claudia Fisher, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2024
The dessert menu always has bread pudding, along with pecan and Toll House cookie pies, cheesecake and key lime pie.
—Kathleen Purvis, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
And don't miss out on the coconut key lime panna cotta for dessert.
—Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2024
Menu highlights include molten lava cake, tiramisu, raspberry lemon drop cake, a key lime tart and a dessert flight with four mousses.
—The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024
This colorful fruit stand is famous among South Floridians – a place where folks can get refreshing key lime smoothies, purchase fresh produce, take photos with tractors and even pet a few farm animals.
—Priscilla Blossom, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Florida Keys
First Known Use
1905, in the meaning defined above
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“Key lime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/key%20lime. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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