How to Use salty in a Sentence

salty

adjective
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  • I think the soup tastes salty.
  • The team found that the Coral Gables canal was too salty for the flowers to grow.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The pickles are cold, crunchy, salty and just a tad sweet.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The sweet and salty combo makes for a scrumptious snack.
    — K. Aleisha Fetters, Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Top the blondies with flaky sea salt for a salty pop to contrast the sweetness.
    — Emily Nabors Hall, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Cooked bacon: Chopped and mixed in for a salty, meaty bite.
    — Joy Howard, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The mozzarella is smooth and stretchy and the feta is tangy and salty.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Roasting kale chips is a great way to get that salty crunch without all the grease.
    — Women's Health, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Top with peanuts: Sprinkle the top of the finished pie with salty peanuts to counter the sweetness and add a nice crunch.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The heady, sharp taste of the Shaoxing wine floods your tongue, the salty brine rushes in and there’s a hit of spice from the vodka.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • And the links themselves are salty, juicy, and a little garlicky.
    — Sal Vaglica, Men's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Just make sure not to skip the layer of cheese, which bakes up salty and golden.
    — J. Kenji López-Alt, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The salty air around the church, built in 1951, has proved corrosive, and decades of wear-and-tear have taken a toll.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
  • One solution is to grow crops that thrive in salty soil.
    — Mark Tutton, CNN, 9 May 2023
  • His salty teen-boy cologne clung to his T-shirt, which had little rips at the neckline.
    — Sarah Stankorb, ELLE, 17 Aug. 2023
  • This was rich and saucy and had so much potential, but was too salty for both Nona and me.
    — oregonlive, 16 June 2023
  • Plus there’s just the old feel-better factor of sipping on a spoonful of the warm salty stuff.
    — Christine Byrne, Mph, SELF, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Foxx’s salty reading of Bunker-style bigotry struck a chord, and the show had a healthy six-season run.
    — Chris Morris, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Spinach is paired with a salty feta sourced from Israel.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The eggs are fluffy and scrambled, embellished with a drizzle of sweet and salty hoisin sauce.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Chum salmon hatch in freshwater streams and rivers, then migrate to salty oceans to feed and grow.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Each bite was savory and salty, with a whisper of sweetness.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The salty, fatty pink meat was first introduced by Hormel in 1937.
    — Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2023
  • And with water there that is very brackish, salty, and the kids get diarrhea.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Those are still shucked fresh onto pies citywide, then served salty and chewy to pizza lovers in the know.
    — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • This slow-cooker recipe is the perfect mixture of salty and sweet and is packed full of flavor.
    — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2023
  • It’s always served with brown gravy, which has a good flavor and is not salty, for dipping.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The tacos are salty and nostalgic with a cool and creamy hit from the avocado.
    — Bon Appétit Contributor, Bon Appétit, 10 Mar. 2023
  • For drivers, this means that dirty or salty water trapped somewhere in the car’s body makes that spot rust faster.
    — Ben Wojdyla, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The salty bay water seeping into their front yard would kill them.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 5 July 2023

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