Example Sentences

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For the sticky sauce, bring all the ingredients to the boil in a large pan, stirring, and cook until the mixture reduces to a honey-like consistency.

From The Guardian • May 4, 2016

It was tart, with a sweet, honey-like aftertaste.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Only minute insects can find access to the flower, which secretes at the base a honey-like fluid.

From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas

We have seen that by many species of plant-lice, scale-insects, and leaf-hoppers, a honey-like fluid is secreted that attracts ants to attend upon them.

From The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Belt, Thomas

It was very hot, for the sunrays struck down upon the canvas between the firs, whose clogging, honey-like sweetness was heavy in the air.

From The Gold Trail by Bindloss, Harold