mani

Example Sentences

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Britain needs an Italian-style campaign to restore mani pulite, “clean hands,” in public life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

I soon learned that it’s impossible to tug on the “ropes” of sails with just the tips of my fingers to vainly try to protect my fresh mani.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

As Olivia eats one helado after another through Venice, we’d add extra flavors, frutilla, the word for strawberry in the Chilean Spanish we speak at home, and crema de mani.

From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2023

Raw Spanish peanuts with the skins still on are the star of adobong mani, my dad's favorite street snack from when he was growing up.

From Salon • May 18, 2022

“Ah, na khensa, na khensa, na khensa. Hi wena mani? Mufana wa mukhaladi u xitiela kwini xiTsonga? U huma kwini?”

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah