cucumber

Example Sentences

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If I was embarrassed, I’m sure she was too, although, knowing her, she would be sitting as cool as a cucumber.

From Literature

Depending on the season, fields are filled with a variety of greens, cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes and peppers, while herbs like basil, black sage, rosemary and marjoram perfume the gardens.

From Los Angeles Times

How they had frothed at the mouth and their eyes had turned as green as cucumbers.

From Literature

Crinoids are part of the phylum Echinodermata which also boasts sea urchins and sea cucumbers.

From BBC

Not just because my throat was hurting, but because cucumbers are disgusting.

From Literature