Explore Penne through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like pasta. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Penne in a sentence
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Penne meaning
A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
Synonyms of Penne
Using Penne
- The main meaning on this page is: A type of short, diagonally cut pasta.
- Useful related words include: pasta, alimentary paste.
- In the example corpus, penne often appears in combinations such as: penne pasta, penne and, penne with.
Context around Penne
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Penne
- In this selection, "penne" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, grain, color, tesco, pasta, instead and despite stand out and add context to how "penne" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and cheese penne noodles drenched and as tesco penne pasta 85p. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "penne" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with penne
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Italian Penne pasta served with tomato sauce. (7 words)
So I used some whole grain penne and tri-color penne instead. (12 words)
Somehow, he settles on penne, despite saying it’s “definitely” not penne. (12 words)
During the nearly two hours in the grocery store for his event, Allen shopped for his own groceries, helped the children with their calculations, grabbed the occasional box of penne off the top shelf for customers and answered no-filter questions. (41 words)
Tesco is introducing many of its own brand products, such as Tesco penne pasta (85p) and Tesco smooth peanut butter (£1.65), which will be sold at half the price of the previous branded items. (35 words)
Learn how to make booze-infused dishes like margarita shrimp salad with tequila vinaigrette and penne with vodka sauce at Boozy Food Cooking Class on includes a snack, dinner, and glass of wine or beer. (35 words)
Example sentences (13)
So I used some whole grain penne and tri-color penne instead.
Somehow, he settles on penne, despite saying it’s “definitely” not penne.
Tesco is introducing many of its own brand products, such as Tesco penne pasta (85p) and Tesco smooth peanut butter (£1.65), which will be sold at half the price of the previous branded items.
The menu is Chicken Bryan, penne pasta, broccoli, Caesar salad, brownie and a drink for $14.
For something more Swiss, there's, a dish of traditional Swiss penne pasta (who knew?) and potato cubes covered in a creamy cheese sauce with onion crisps.
Learn how to make booze-infused dishes like margarita shrimp salad with tequila vinaigrette and penne with vodka sauce at Boozy Food Cooking Class on includes a snack, dinner, and glass of wine or beer.
We had penne with tomatoes and eggplant, followed by pad Thai, followed by macaroni and cheese, at which point there was a mutiny.
Also on deck was mac-and-cheese (penne noodles drenched in magical Mornay), which I will stand by as being some of the best in town.
Consider the four-cheese flatbread, brie-apple-honey sandwich on cranberry-walnut bread, or penne tossed with creamy béchamel, spinach, and artichoke hearts.
During the nearly two hours in the grocery store for his event, Allen shopped for his own groceries, helped the children with their calculations, grabbed the occasional box of penne off the top shelf for customers and answered no-filter questions.
In collaboration with Baptist Health, head chef Julio Martinez will teach participants how to create three dishes, including a kale and chicken salad, ratatouille lentil penne, and berry compote.
Italian Penne pasta served with tomato sauce.
The recipe commonly consists of penne or similar tubular pasta shapes, a tomato sauce, small beef and pork meatballs and halved hard boiled eggs; but different families have variations.
Common combinations with penne
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- penne pasta 4×
- penne and 2×
- penne with 2×
- of penne 2×