clove
Example Sentences
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A middle C would smell like a rose; bass notes like clove and vanilla.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The eels are sedated using clove oil so that Dr Evans and his PhD student group can easily measure them.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025
Cinnamon, cardamom, clove, ginger — all are welcome here.
From Salon ● May 6, 2025
One woman arrived with a clove of garlic and placed it down on the table before she started talking.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
Now I can make every knot he knows, even the clove hitch, which I did backward for a few months before I got it right.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
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