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 • Feb. 23, 2026

"This is done only as a precautionary measure, but it is appropriate that we are at a crescent sense of alertness just at the moment for the time being," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

The arm positions for Mr. Louis and Ms. Chapa passingly resemble archers’ bows or crescent moons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Heartening, really, that something stitched together from grief, nostalgia, and crescent dough could look so triumphant.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2025

And I grabbed her crescent flukes and tugged, inch by inch, until the water lifted her enough so we both slipped back suddenly into the sea.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk