crescent
Example Sentences
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The zig-zag of that famous yellow shirt winkingly graces a crescent baguette, while the black stripes of Linus’s red red shirt wrap around a slouchy shoulder bag.
From Los Angeles Times
People living with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that are crescent shaped due to a gene mutation.
From Los Angeles Times
The stars scattered brightly and were mirrored in the sea, a fat crescent moon rose amongst them, and egg after round white egg rolled into the bottom of the nest.
From Literature
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On the left was a crescent moon and on the right was something that looked like an archway made of bricks.
From Literature
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Faint gray crescents ring his tired brown eyes, and his bedraggled curls are longer than usual.
From Literature
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