How to Use string bean in a Sentence

string bean

noun
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  • Her boyfriend's a real string bean.
  • The chopped string beans are a little too gray, the potatoes a little too mushy.
    — Emily Schultz, Bon Appetit, 30 May 2018
  • Use tongs to grab the noodles and string beans and place into bowl(s), then divide broth among bowls.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 2 Mar. 2017
  • Only this time, Jones wasn’t that string bean who arrived from Jacksonville in the spring of 2017.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Add the frozen string beans (¼ bag per bowl) directly into the pot with the noodles.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 2 Mar. 2017
  • Holmes, in those days, was a string bean, six feet tall, 150 pounds, hair still cut in a military buzz.
    — Mike Sager, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Cold poached salmon, followed by lamb with potatoes, string beans, and ice cream.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2023
  • There were purple eggplants, guavas, little kiwis like old men’s heads, kumquats, and string beans.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 16 Apr. 2018
  • It’s hard to square that horrific past with the sunny, 6-foot-4 string bean who strides through Lowe’s like a small-town mayor in a Fourth of July parade.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 7 July 2018
  • At the Capuchin Services Center, the 62-year-old Detroiter came with her husband to pick up chicken, string beans and sweet peas.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2023
  • On a slate gray morning in late May, Robert Thurman Sr. grabbed a paper bag of string bean seeds and poured them into the hopper of a garden seeder.
    — Rashod Taylor, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Rapidly blanching string beans and shocking them in an ice bath preserves their bright green color and pleasant crunch.
    — Ashleigh Spitza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2018
  • At dinner a few nights later, Yvonne turned down a pork chop and a second biscuit, contenting herself with string beans and potatoes.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Green bean or string bean casseroles were favorites across the country, but many states also showed interest in corn, broccoli and potato dishes.
    — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Game of Thrones quite possibly ruined me forever for stories about scrappy little string beans whose heart and brains win against evil forces.
    — Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Deontay Wilder is awkward but dangerous, a string bean of a heavyweight with a crushing right hand that can change everything in a fraction of a second.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 23 Nov. 2019
  • For the Milwaukee Brewers, that pitcher is Josh Hader, a string bean lefty with long hair, glasses, tattoos and a funny uniform number.
    — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Her menus were notoriously spartan, with a heavy emphasis on liver, salt cod and string beans.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Kaling is a newbie to food prepping, but she’s taken on some tricky recipes and ingredients, cooking sweet potatoes and string beans, chopping up mango chunks and poaching salmon.
    — Blake Bakkila, Health.com, 9 July 2018
  • Your kitchen stays mercifully clean, spared the indignity of yet another failed string bean casserole.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • In that first season, Antetokounmpo grew two inches and got stronger, beginning his development from a string bean to one of the league's most relentless forces.
    — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2019
  • My mom, a Greek farmer who’d immigrated here from an agrarian village, had spent the early years of my childhood growing lush string beans, cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers on the side of our house along the Upper Darby trolley tracks.
    — Maria Panaritis, Philly.com, 30 May 2018
  • Bright green string beans and golden yellow corn kernels are tossed in a zesty blend of balsamic vinaigrette, horseradish mustard, grated lemon zest and thinly sliced red radishes, resulting in a crunchy and fully flavored dish.
    — Woman's Day Kitchen, Woman's Day, 11 Apr. 2014

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