The syrup permeates the cake unevenly, so that every now and again, in a dark, chocolaty mouthful you get an explosion of fizzing orange sherbet.

A smudge of orange sherbet beside her mouth had contrasted ridiculously with her blue skin.

With the casserole she served an endive salad, asparagus garnished with lemon slices, and orange sherbet for dessert.

There was a slight reawakening, and conversation became general as they finished discussing some orange sherbet.

And perhaps some orange sherbet.

He picked out two lamb chops, string beans, and a small box of orange sherbet.

The dry, crystalline snow lay on the soil in windblown swirls, making a magical landscape of vanilla ice cream and orange sherbet.

The color was called "orange sherbet," and she felt quite daring.

Even at this hour, the sun seemed not so much to sit on the horizon as to melt into it like a ball of orange sherbet left outside on a hot day.

"If the medicines weren't here, I'd be dead," said Manesse Gracia, 39, a mother of six who was plump in a workday dress the color of orange sherbet.