How to Use aniseed in a Sentence

aniseed

noun
  • Baked apples and oak hit first but then takes an herbal and fragrant turn towards aniseed, fennel, and celery dipped in peanut butter.
    — Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Add in cinnamon and nutmeg, a healthy amount of ginger and pepper, plus some aniseed and coriander.
    — Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2017
  • Finish your meals with a chupito (shot) of hierbas ibicencas—a savory-sweet liqueur blended with wild herbs and aniseed.
    — National Geographic, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The wheat dough Nilsson is working with includes golden syrup, aniseed, fennel seeds and coriander seeds.
    — Howie Kahn, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2018
  • On the primi side of things, penne with broccoli rabe included abundant chunks of a sausage rewardingly strong on the fennel-aniseed flavor.
    — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Inside, over 80 artisanal pastis, absinthes, and aniseed liqueurs await—sourced from windswept Brittany to Provence.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Preparation Toast aniseed in a dry small skillet over medium heat, tossing often, until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
    — Bon Appetit, 19 July 2017
  • McCormick also roasted small cubes of eggplant and glazed it with a mixture of orange and lemon juice, honey, aniseed, and orange zest for brightness and sweetness.
    — Julia Thiel, Chicago Reader, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Another must-try is the roasted wheat with aniseed and hazelnut for dessert, which goes perfectly with one of the kitchen’s non-alcoholic drinks, such as apple juice kefir or green tea kombucha.
    — Jessica Jungbauer, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2017
  • Aromas of Luxardo cherry and candied orange peel prepare the tastebuds for pomegranate, cranberry, fresh sage, and aniseed flavors with a hint of smoke on the smooth finish.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 28 May 2026
  • Some of these were fairly mainstream, like pink grapefruit and chamomile; others were more recherché, like aniseed and cassia; and one, Grains of Paradise, sounded like a gnarly and sardonic rock band from Hawaii.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
  • Evoke the aura of a cackling fire with this woody scent from Diptyque, which features notes of wood, vetiver and patchouli enhanced with radient aniseed, insolent spices, mysterious incense, cistus and tonka bean.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023
  • At the elegant Art Nouveau bar Anisetta Meletti, customers can order the olives as an accompaniment to the establishment’s renowned liqueur made from aniseed.
    — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • That’s an apt description of the 2018 Bohan-Dillon, which recalls raspberry, pine needles and aniseed, and whose bright, expressive fruit flavors are countered with a pleasant bitterness.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 4 Nov. 2020
  • For this first go-around, the machines evidently poured over infinite iterations to help Mackmyra create AI Whisky, a golden yellow single-malt with herbal notes of aniseed, ginger, and white pepper and a citrusy, spicy mouth with a dry finish.
    — Andrew Daniels, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2019

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