How to Use perishable in a Sentence

perishable

adjective
  • The aid, some of it perishable fruit and cooking staples, bakes and rots in the sun.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Since the fruits are perishable, the box must be shipped via second-day air.
    — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Most of the food is freeze-dried and non-perishable, like pasta.
    — Christopher Cason, GQ, 5 June 2018
  • When the fridge goes out, perishable items like chicken, eggs, milk, and mayo will be the first to go bad.
    — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Tidy Up: Take out the trash and dispose of perishable foods, Panos says.
    — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019
  • In the past, the group has collected non-perishable food and clothing to help those in need.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Please bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to the SW food bank.
    — courant.com, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Keep anything that is highly perishable in the back of the fridge, where the air is coldest.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 25 July 2022
  • This is used if items cannot be stored or are perishable.
    — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • There are shelves of non-perishable food, sometimes enough to last for months.
    — Tim Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Guests are asked to bring a non-perishable food item to donate.
    — Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The gym is asking guests to bring non-perishable food items for Cheer Guild Christmas to be dropped off at the door.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Members of the group provide a bag of non-perishable food and friendship to those in need.
    — Vagney Bradley, Houston Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2018
  • In the rush to pack up the show, some perishable items got locked away and spent more than a year growing a thick layer of mold.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Early on, fans could bring in two cans of non-perishable foods to get into the shows.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
  • While hard cheeses store well, soft cheeses are more perishable.
    — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Gaza’s fishermen, with their perishable exports, were among the first to feel the pain.
    — Issam Adwan and Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Please bring a non-perishable food item to help the Churches in Mission Food Drive.
    — Serena Puang, The Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2021
  • Guests are asked to bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to the South Windsor Food Bank.
    — courant.com, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Meat and dairy products like soft cheeses and eggs are the most risky, while less perishable items like hard cheeses and juice can be kept.
    — Margeaux Sippell, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • But the need hadn't lessened, and perishable food was still coming in by the pallet-load.
    — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The man’s whole life and fortune was made trading in perishable goods.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • What are some of the challenges of cooking in a place like this with something as perishable as seafood?
    — David Sharos, Naperville Sun, 25 May 2018
  • If juicing is too much work and not enough reward for you, go for the bottles of perishable juice and get the same lift.
    — Casey Barber, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Please bring non-perishable food items to fill the township food pantry, helping those in need.
    — Lake County News-Sun, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Guests are asked to bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to the Windsor Food Bank.
    — courant.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Canned and non-perishable food items will be collected for the Covenant Soup Kitchen.
    — Courant Community, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Her apartment was a hoarder-like mess of books, thrift store finds and non-perishable food items.
    — Nick Keppler, Men's Health, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Without the produce funded by the USDA grant, the pantry is more reliant on getting these perishable products from grocery stores.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Without the produce funded by the USDA grant, the pantry is more reliant on getting these perishable products from grocery stores.
    — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025

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