Sentence examples for as a vanilla from inspiring English sources

The Giants are cast as a vanilla team; the Eagles are labeled McNabb-dimensional.

This is the commentary of a person who misinterpreted a variety cryptic crossword as a vanilla crossword.

Tonka beans come from Central America and used to be used as a vanilla substitute, but they are a delicious flavouring in their own right.

Tonka beans are everywhere – part of the pea family, apparently – and being served as a vanilla alternative in brulees and ice-creams.

An analyst from Pali Research suspects it does — and he thinks it would go over about as well as a Vanilla Ice comeback.

Thin as a vanilla wafer but just as sweet, it opened on Wednesday night at the Vineyard Theater, where the same collaborators' first show played before its little-engine-that-could chug to Broadway.

Or pop a bean into a jar of sugar as you would a vanilla pod to infuse it with exciting new flavours.

* Pop a bean into a jar of sugar, as you would a vanilla pod, to infuse it – dunk your doughnuts in it to give them an unusual flavour.

"I hit this one guy in the face with the butt of the microphone stand," he tells me, as he eats a vanilla ice-cream float.

There are more arcane touches as well, like a vanilla-scented rest room.

Aphrodisiacs are in order for a romantic day in the city, and the hard-to-find Apotheke bar, named after old-style pharmacies and perfumeries, specializes in love potions such as a Madagascan Vanilla Sidecar (cognac infused with Madagascan vanilla, aromatic bitters and lime) or the Deal Closer (vodka infused with local Chinatown aphrodisiacs, fresh mint, cucumber, lime and vanilla essence).