Examples of “paan” in a Sentence

noun A chewable preparation of betel leaf, areca nut, and sometimes tobacco, popular across South Asia.

• Perched outside Madhavbagh Temple, decorated with antique mirrors, this 100-year-old shop serves up juicy paans, plump with mawa. — Rashmi Uday Singh, Mumbai by Night (2005)
• After the meal, he was offered paan to freshen his breath.
• Preparing a paan is simple. The leaf is first cleaned with water and dried. It is then covered with a thin layer of lime paste. In north India, paan sellers then spread red-coloured syrup (extracted from a native plant) over the lime paste. — M. R. Narayan Swamy, New Delhi (2006)