bola

Example Sentences

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She took the queso de bola, as we called it, and peeled the red waxy exterior with a short knife.

From Washington Post

Huge queues formed where la bola en la calle – the gossip on the street – told of chicken, pork or cooking oil.

From The Guardian

When the female spider hears the male moth approaching, she swings her sticky bola and snares him out of the air.

From Salon

To generalize all rola bola acts as “like a panda trying to snowboard” is like comparing all en-pointe variations to “a flamingo trying to tiptoe.”

From New York Times

By night, the female bolas swings a silken line with a sticky ball at its end while emitting the scent of a female moth to lure and nab male moths.

From Science Magazine