cucumber

Example Sentences

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There’s mast-o-khiar, a Persian side dish and dip that’s a mix of yogurt, cucumber, dried mint and walnuts.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

"Just yesterday we found a kind of type of swimming sea cucumber, and we still don't know what it is," he added, calling the diversity he's seen "really, really astonishing".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Farro with chopped cucumber, red onion and herbs.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

"She's really tough to play, she has a massive serve, big groundstrokes, cool as a cucumber, you get nothing out of her," said Pegula.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

She left a riveting bitter blob of cucumber froth behind.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy