palm
Example Sentences
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The mark is made with the moistened ashes of palms that were burned after the previous year’s Palm Sunday.
She spent most of our trip taking selfies with palm trees.
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He turned it in his hands, the palms of his skin buzzing with a numb sensation, like he’d fallen asleep with his arm over his head.
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By the time I was finished, my heart was a sharp, black stone that was small enough to fit in the palm of my hand.
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When Sri Lankan mechanic Sarath Ananda left his job in Kuwait to make traditional palm sweets, he never imagined the career switch would bring global acclaim.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.