bananas

Example Sentences

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The issue is not that bananas are unhealthy.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

What is driving me bananas these days are people who watch things on their phones without headphones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

I’ll have a green smoothie with kale, spinach, bananas and blueberries and some collagen powder.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

You wait until the bananas are nearly gone — soft, speckled, with that distinct on-the-edge-of-death banana smell — and turn them into something new.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

Olanna did not look up from the bowl smeared with mashed bananas because she did not want him to see her face.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie