Below you will find example sentences with "sweet potato". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Sweet Potato in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: sweet
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 22
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 25 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "sweet potato" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as ackee and sweet potato, and cooked sweet potato white potato, pie, vegetables and potatoes stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with sweet potatoes, potato chips, sweet tooth, sweet potatoes, sweet tooth and sweet treats, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with sweet potato
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Turn leftover sweet potatoes from Thanksgiving into this sweet potato dessert. (11 words)
Try avoiding vegetables like potato, yam, sweet potato, and other tuber vegetables. (12 words)
This sweet potato and pork hash has the perfect balance of savory and sweet flavors. (15 words)
Seafood lovers can order a refreshing Poke-ish bowl (choose from ginger shoyu tuna, chile pineapple tuna, or sweet sesame salmon) or stock up on unique sides like Whipped Purple Yams, Pea Shoots Gomae, and Roast Sweet Potato Fries. (39 words)
The researchers confirmed their findings using a more diverse array of vegetables, performing what Turnbaugh called a "mad scientist experiment"—feeding the mice an assortment of raw and cooked sweet potato, white potato, corn, peas, carrots, and beets. (38 words)
Preparation Variations on the flavor are gained by adding root vegetables such as parsnip, potato, sweet potato and celery root, herbs such as parsley, dill, other vegetables such as zucchini, whole garlic cloves or tomatoes and black pepper. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
In Japan, this is called yaki-imo (roasted sweet potato), which typically uses either the yellow-fleshed Japanese sweet potato or the purple-fleshed (Okinawan) sweet potato, which is known as beni-imo.
A customer contemplates her choices of sweet potato pie at JaWanda's Sweet Potato Pies in Inverness.
A favorite way of cooking sweet potato is deep frying slices of sweet potato in batter, and served as a tea-time snack.
Known for its potato salad, sweet potato pie and homemade sausage, it became a community gathering spot.
The researchers confirmed their findings using a more diverse array of vegetables, performing what Turnbaugh called a "mad scientist experiment"—feeding the mice an assortment of raw and cooked sweet potato, white potato, corn, peas, carrots, and beets.
Try avoiding vegetables like potato, yam, sweet potato, and other tuber vegetables.
He said these successes include continued self-sufficiency in eggs, poultry, pork and tubers; 88 per cent self-sufficiency in table Irish potato; and growth in non-traditional exports such as yam, ackee and sweet potato.
With your choice of hand-cut sweet potato or desiree potato fries, the burgers are organic and vegan.
Preparation Variations on the flavor are gained by adding root vegetables such as parsnip, potato, sweet potato and celery root, herbs such as parsley, dill, other vegetables such as zucchini, whole garlic cloves or tomatoes and black pepper.
The sweet potato is only distantly related to the potato (Solanum tuberosum) and does not belong to the nightshade family.
Vietnamese curry features coconut milk, potato, sweet potato, taro roots, chicken garnished with cilantro and green onion and is more soup-like than Indian curry.
Sarah Alvernaz, the general manager of sales at the Merced County-based California Sweet Potato Growers, said sweet potatoes are actually a member of the morning glory family.
This sweet potato and pork hash has the perfect balance of savory and sweet flavors.
Despite their sweet taste, these potatoes can benefit blood sugar levels due to their naturally occurring sugars—around nine grams per medium sweet potato.
Ginger Sweet Potato and Coconut Milk Stew with Lentils & Kale is a handy, tasty use for any sweet potatoes you have hanging around.
Turn leftover sweet potatoes from Thanksgiving into this sweet potato dessert.
The study also showed ingredients and foods most used to celebrate Halloween are likely to be sweet potato, caramel, cake pop, pumpkin pie, pumpkin cake, apple pie, caramel apple, sweet popcorn, pumpkin pie spice, and candy apple.
Seafood lovers can order a refreshing Poke-ish bowl (choose from ginger shoyu tuna, chile pineapple tuna, or sweet sesame salmon) or stock up on unique sides like Whipped Purple Yams, Pea Shoots Gomae, and Roast Sweet Potato Fries.
About 20,000 tonnes of sweet potatoes are produced annually in New Zealand, where sweet potato is known by its Māori name, kūmara.
Sweet potato varieties with white or pale yellow flesh are less sweet and moist than those with red, pink or orange flesh.