husks

Example Sentences

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The burned husks of thousands of homes have been flattened.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2026

Other forms of Metarhizium are already commonly cultivated around the world on cheap materials like chicken droppings, rice husks and wheat scraps that are readily available after harvest.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

MK suggested they create perfumes from fermented chocolate husks, and before they left Bangkok, he gave them several bags of cacao husks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

The CO2 that emerges into the air is sucked away and then concentrated using charred coconut husks ready to be stored.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

After an hour, the ground all around the table would be littered with piles of durian husks, stinking like a dying mongoose.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat