grape - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • ripen: However, lack of rain is not enough as of course you need sunshine and warmth to ripen grapes.
  • tread: Here, workers would tread the grapes and the juice would pour into a large barrel below.
  • prune: When SB's sticking got far too interesting, we went and watched Chris pruning the grape [ rather late ] .

Preposition: on

  • vine: Some familiar food may be seen - apples on trees, or grapes on vines with a variety of vegetables grown in season.

Adjective modifier

  • sour: Sour grapes on behalf of your daddy, maybe?
  • seedless: Surround with seedless grapes or Little Gem lettuce leaves.
  • unripe: Verjuice is the sour ( green ) juice extracted from crab apples or unripe grapes.
  • crushed: It is a heady combination of crushed grapes and warm Chilean sun trapped in glass.

Modifies a noun

  • vine: Grape vine Almond blossom Fig leaves Olive fruit 11: In Isaiah's prophesy, what flower will bloom in the desert?
  • juice: Wine all tastes like grape juice gone horribly wrong to me.
  • hyacinth: In April the kaleidoscope of color will reach its crescendo as the deep blue river of 400,000 grape hyacinths bursts into life.
  • harvest: Here we have the chance to walk in the vineyards & experience the grape harvest followed by a wine tasting session.
  • variety: The world's hottest grape variety at under £ 5!
  • brandy: Grape brandy Grape brandy is produced by the distillation of fermented grape juice.

Noun used with modifier

  • Riesling: The Riesling grape is well adapted to well-drained poor soils, especially slate.

Preposition: of

  • wrath: Even the gasoline pumps up the road look they came out of Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath.
  • thorn: Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Preposition: from

  • thornbushes: You don't pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles.
  • vineyard: Yet grapes from this particular vineyard are not destined for the wine bottle.
  • vine: Eat grapes from the vine above our heads, figs from the trees, great home-cooked local food.

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