Example Sentences

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Cucumbers, it said, were "incredibly limited in supply", while peppers were failing to ripen.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2023

Kosher Dills: Cucumbers can be challenging for the beginning pickler, as they're not as dense or firm as some of the other vegetable candidates.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2022

Cucumbers cut into chunks and tossed with pickled shallots, torn mint, cashews and a crumble of smoked pecorino are as much fun to eat as the three-ring circus sounds.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2019

Cucumbers barely escaped the “Dirty Dozen,” ranking 13th from the top for pesticide residues.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2017

Raddish is sauce for cloyed stomacks, as Capers, Oliues, and Cucumbers, cast the seeds all Summer long here and there, and you shall haue them alwaies young and fresh.

From A New Orchard And Garden or, The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich Orchard: Particularly in the North and generally for the whole kingdome of England by Lawson, William, fl. 1618