banana
Example Sentences
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She always urged them to eat apples or bananas if they were hungry, and when they were thirsty, she suggested water or orange juice.
From Literature
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Growing up, my mother would make a simple salad of sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, and lemons, drizzled with salt, served alongside homemade curries, spiced rice and steamed fish fillets wrapped in banana leaf parcels.
From Salon
Dickson could use his near-uncatchable spinning "banana kick" to give Seattle an edge Sunday by forcing the Patriots to begin drives deep in their own half.
From Barron's
"I want that," he would say, pointing at bananas.
From Literature
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He directed their attention to a small round table that held two oranges, a banana, and a tall blue water jug.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.