melon

Example Sentences

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Quality sounds intuitively appealing to any shopper, from car-lot tire kickers to produce-aisle melon sniffers.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

“SIX Sevennnnnn,” they squeal with a palms-up, seesaw hand gesture that looks somewhere between juggling and melon handling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

The porous, sweet bite of melon, the crumbly salinity of feta, the flaky salt crystals, the mint, the balsamic—it was revelatory.

From Salon • May 31, 2025

After all, nothing better conveyed Lumon's unnerving forced fun than its heavily rationed waffle, melon and single-track dance parties.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

I need hardness, cold, rigidity; not this heaviness, as if I’m a melon on a stem, this liquid ripeness.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood