crescent

Example Sentences

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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

On the left was a crescent moon and on the right was something that looked like an archway made of bricks.

From Literature

Faint gray crescents ring his tired brown eyes, and his bedraggled curls are longer than usual.

From Literature

It looks kind of like a flaky roll, in the shape of a crescent moon.

From Literature