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Example sentences for "lemon"

Lexicographically close words:
lemma; lemman; lemme; lemming; lemmings; lemonade; lemons; lempira; lemur; lemurs
  1. With alum it gives yellow, inclining to lemon yellow.

  2. Said to dye brown, orange lemon and yellow.

  3. The flanks, hands, and anterior part of the venter are lemon yellow; the feet, thighs, and posterior part of the venter are golden yellow.

  4. The thighs and undersides of the limbs are golden yellow; the belly and vocal sac are lemon yellow.

  5. It was a perfect morning; the mountains were blue on a pale lemon sky, and the grass was hoary with dew.

  6. A fourpenny plate of kisela chorba (soup with lemon juice in it) often includes half a fowl, and is enough for a meal.

  7. I couldn't remember whether one takes lemon jelly to prisoners or invalids--I've never known any prisoners before, you see.

  8. Here's something better than lemon jelly, and they're not from the tobacco shop in Valedolmo either.

  9. The window of this cottage was decorated with about half a dozen glass jars, wherein reposed, in all their sticky richness, the toffee, lemon stick, and candy which old Mrs Birch used to make for the delectation of the boys and girls round.

  10. Saigon cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, oil of lemon and sugar in diluted alcohol.

  11. Oil of lavender, eugenol, oils of thyme, cinnamon, lemon and nutmeg with balsam of Peru in alcohol.

  12. Fluidextract of eriodictyon, solution of potassium hydroxide, compound tincture of cardamom, oils of sassafras, lemon and clove, alcohol and syrup.

  13. Citric acid (1%), flavored with tincture of lemon peel, in syrup.

  14. I ordered another one of the big cakes and two more lemon pies fur the next day.

  15. The third day it was gone and a lemon pie was there, all with nice kind of brownish snow on top.

  16. In the very last letter I received from Mr. Dodd, not very long anterior to his death, he says that Mark Lemon told him that Charles Dickens had said he had never occasion to repent but of two things, one being his conduct to Mr. Dodd.

  17. We had many kinds, from the sweet and pulpy nonsuch, to the small tight little pearmain and lemon pippin.

  18. For the green have mint leaves, lemon verbena or geranium leaves or ferns.

  19. At the table have first hot bouillon with a bit of lemon in it.

  20. The ice is a lemon ice frozen in individual molds very hard and covered with a hot chocolate sauce, making a most delicious blending of hot and cold, sweet and sour.

  21. If the cider be very sweet, the juice of a lemon is an improvement.

  22. The supper was simplicity itself, and consisted of a clam cocktail; frilled French chops with green peas; a rarebit made in the chafing-dish and a rich lemon ice for dessert.

  23. At five minutes to six the young man presented himself at the New Era, and waited for Peter at the soda fountain, with a lemon soda and a pretty girl to smile at his naïve remarks.

  24. All he can do is eat a piece of lemon pie that will probably make him sick.

  25. Wouldn't it be funny to be drowned in lemon jelly?

  26. We were having lemon jelly for dessert when the question came up.

  27. Dear Daddy-Long-Legs, Supposing the swimming tank in the gymnasium were filled full of lemon jelly, could a person trying to swim manage to keep on top or would he sink?

  28. Then trotting back to the dressing tent and being rubbed down with alcohol and having a lemon to suck.

  29. Illustration] Fruit very large, pale lemon yellow, with a blush in the sun.

  30. Clear lemon yellow, with a blush cheek, sometimes a brilliant red cheek.

  31. The houses necessary for protection may be worth more for other purposes than their cost and care, without interfering with their use for orange and lemon culture.

  32. To Make Fowl Tender--After a turkey or chicken is cleaned, the inside and outside should be rubbed thoroughly with a lemon before the dressing is put in.

  33. If New Boots or Shoes Will Not Polish, rub them over with half a lemon and leave until thoroughly dry.

  34. To Clean a Glass Bottle, cut a lemon in small pieces and drop them into the bottle; half fill with water, and shake well.

  35. To Remove Rust Stains--Spread the rust-stained part over a bowl of boiling water and rub it with salt wet with lemon juice; then place it in the sun.

  36. To Remove a Fishbone from the Throat--Cut a lemon in two and suck the juice slowly.

  37. To Clean Zinc--Take a thick slice of lemon and rub it over the stained spots.

  38. Lemon Juice for Cut Glass--Lemon juice is fine for polishing cut-glass tumblers.

  39. Lemon or Orange Peel for Tea Caddy--Thoroughly dry the peel from an orange or a lemon, and place it in the tea caddy.

  40. Lemon Juice for Boiling Rice--A few drops of lemon juice added to boiling rice will help to keep the grains separate and will make them white.

  41. Lemon for Whitening Clothes--Put a slice of lemon, with rind on, in your boiler of clothes and it will remove stains and make your clothes white without injuring them.

  42. To clean the bath tub and the wash bowl in a jiffy use a half lemon rind turned wrong side out.

  43. To Polish Faucets--Nothing is better for scouring a faucet than the half of a lemon after the juice has been squeezed out.

  44. Lemon Squeezer for Making Beef Juice--When one has to make beef juice in small quantities which does not warrant buying an expensive meat-press, use instead a ten-cent lemon squeezer.

  45. To Take Out Mildew, mix equal parts of powdered borax and starch with half as much salt; moisten the whole with lemon juice, spread the mixture on the mildewed spot and place the garment in the sun on the grass.

  46. I dare say it'll mix all right with lemon kali," purred Raymonde, thoroughly in her element as hostess.

  47. One can't get even the ice over here, not to speak of the bits of cherry and lemon and grape and pineapple that the Angel used for Freckles.

  48. The drinkable was lemon kali, served in bedroom tumblers, and stirred up with lead-pencils or tooth-brush handles.

  49. Take a pint of cream, add the zest of a lemon rubbed on sugar; whip it well; add sugar and lemon-juice to palate.

  50. Put six ounces of raspberry jam to a quart of cream, pulp it through a lawn sieve, add to it the juice of a lemon and a little sugar, and whisk it till thick.

  51. Lemon pie with fresh milk, or sand tart with fruit salad.

  52. Muskmelon with lemon and berries or cherries.

  53. And he commanded an abundance of dessert: lemon pie and apple pie and a double portion of chocolate cake with ice-cream.

  54. Let me tell you, Countess, don't you ever get your lemon in his squeezer.

  55. The color is generally of a lemon hue, becoming darker and assuming a bronze or greenish tint as the hepatic lesion assumes a graver character.

  56. The quality and character of the fluid show great variation, from a few pints to several gallons, and from a straw or lemon tint to a brownish or greenish hue.

  57. Serve a sauce of lemon juice, a little melted butter, salt and red pepper with fried mushrooms.

  58. Put them on a hot dish, having them well seasoned with butter, pepper, and salt and with a few drops of lemon juice squeezed upon each, if liked.

  59. Along the shore were villas, and gardens rising in terraces, where roses, lemon trees, laurels grew in almost rank abundance.

  60. I often wonder," replied Mrs. Clarke, squeezing a lemon into her cup, which was full of clear China tea.

  61. Where had I seen that goddess in lilac and lemon draperies foreshortened over a big, green peacock?

  62. It discovered also one of the oil panels let into the moldings of the roof, a goddess in lemon and lilac draperies, foreshortened over a great green peacock.

  63. Stir this into a cupful of boiling water, and boil for two minutes; then add the juice and rind of a lemon and a cupful of sugar, and cook three minutes longer.

  64. Dash it all, there's some sort of a lemon in all my romances!

  65. Behind Jerry came Jake, bearing another large tray laden with cut-glass goblets filled to the brim with snowy, frothy eggnog, or amber apple toddy, or golden lemon punch.


  66. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lemon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    lemon extract; lemon grated; lemon juice; lemon peel; lemon rind; lemon sauce