How to Use pescatarian in a Sentence

pescatarian

noun
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  • And as a pescatarian, the only meat the oldest Scott brother eats comes from fish.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 7 May 2018
  • Some people may opt to eat dairy products, like eggs, milk, yogurt, and cheese, too, for a diet known as a lacto-ovo pescatarian.
    — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Davis is a pescatarian — no beef, turkey, chicken, etc., but fish was absolutely on the menu.
    — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 1 May 2023
  • Styles has been a pescatarian for three years, inspired by the vegan food that several members of his current band prepared on tour.
    — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2021
  • While one goes vegan and one turns pescatarian, Paltrow is assigned a five-day fast that leaves her slumped over a couch in a comfy striped sweater, salivating over the bags of tea she is allowed to swallow the next day.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 23 Jan. 2020
  • More than 40 percent of pescatarians in one study did not believe that fish was meat, Psychology Today reports.
    — Brian Skerry, National Geographic, 28 Nov. 2019
  • There are many kinds of vegetarians, from those who only eat fruit, nuts and seeds, to pescatarians, who avoid all animal protein sources except for fish.
    — Ellen Lee, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Over yuzu cocktails, the group began grilling slices of crimson kalbi (Angus off-the-bone short ribs) and sashimi-grade tuna, an addition that Kim made to accommodate pescatarians.
    — Becky Cooper, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
  • Kayaks and paddleboards keep everyone entertained, massage therapists ease tired limbs, lunch is a pescatarian's delight, and a chill-out playlist draws from soul, jazz, and Latin.
    — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2019
  • But pescatarians, vegetarians, and even vegans are all catered to in the standard options available with each flight.
    — Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2023
  • My father, a longtime pescatarian, tried them and wove a theory (in jest, sort of) that the kitchen is serving actual crab to unsuspecting herbivores.
    — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Along with an omnivore menu, there's pescatarian (fish and vegan) or vegan fare.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Matthews, a pescatarian, lavishes just as much attention on seafood and vegetables.
    — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2021
  • There, a team of chefs prepares 21-course pescatarian or vegan tasting menus but also finds time to delight kitchen visitors with snacks like oysters with tuna tartare and tapioca, and tiny tacos filled with seafood.
    — Ann Abel, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The restaurant, founded in 1973 in Ithaca, N.Y., by a collective of like-minded friends, was one of the country’s first to champion vegetarian and pescatarian dining.
    — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • Among the series' many Goop-y moments: Chief content officer Elise Loehnen goes pescatarian for 21 days, in an effort to lower her biological age.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2020
  • And Sun Basket has released Mediterranean, pescatarian, and diabetes-friendly plans.
    — Kyle Young, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Although the menu changes often, other recent standouts included cuttlefish and Iberian pork jowl tartare (subbed out for sea urchin for the pescatarian at the table—delicious) with almond milk and caviar, and steak tartare over bone marrow.
    — Ann Abel, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Mila’s daughter Wyatt is a pescatarian, so Mila shared that fish is usually in frequent rotation in their household.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
  • But the act of hunting fish underwater, aka spearfishing, has gained fans among sustainability-minded pescatarians like me.
    — James Stout, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The basics: The simple meal delivery service is the largest meal kit provider in the US, focusing on various meal plans for every kind of eater (including family-friendly, meat and veggies and pescatarian options).
    — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 9 Nov. 2020
  • The platform’s Eat section gives you easy and dietitian-approved meal plans created by top chefs for a range of diets (gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan and pescatarian) along with shopping lists.
    — Danielle Directo-Meston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The researchers suggest that this finding could be due to vegans, vegetarians and pescatarians having a lower BMI and lower rates of high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol and diabetes.
    — Nina Avramova, CNN, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Vegetarian meal plans are available, and the site has filters for gluten-free, paleo, pescatarian, Mediterranean and diabetes-friendly diets.
    — Good Housekeeping, 15 Sep. 2022
  • So to launch a series of stories on vegetarian eating and cooking, this pescatarian walked into a vegan restaurant.
    — Danika Worthington, The Know, 31 Jan. 2017
  • Vegetarians who don’t eat meat but will consume fish (pescatarians) can get enough B12 by eating low-mercury fish like salmon or Atlantic mackerel (be cautious of other types of mackerel that may be high in mercury).
    — Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox News, 9 June 2017
  • Chow Town features almost 40 vendors, and about half offer options that cater to vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian and gluten-free diets.
    — Ariel Cheung, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2021
  • Multiple dietary preferences can be met and include dairy-free, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, soy-free, nut-free, gluten-free and keto friendly.
    — Amy Fischer M.s., R.d., Good Housekeeping, 9 Nov. 2022
  • While some steer clear of certain or all animal proteins as vegans, pescatarians, or otherwise, the average American consumes 83 pounds of beef per year, according to University of Illinois estimates—a good chunk of that being by way of ground beef.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The study directly contradicts another by the University of Alberta last year that found no significant differences between the death rates of vegetarians, pescatarians (people who eat fish but not meat), and meat eaters.
    — Emily Price, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2018

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