string bean
Example Sentences
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The fruit that ultimately emerges is a pod that looks like a long, thick string bean and contains black seeds.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2024
After hearing this, Ginger said, "Well, I like how she looks. Can you stand a minute, string bean?"
From Fox News • Jan. 7, 2022
It also features a very strong supporting cast whose standouts include the director Marielle Heller as Beth’s loving, enabling adopted mother, and a shockingly charming human string bean.
From Slate • Dec. 7, 2020
It’s hard to square that horrific past with the sunny, 6-foot-4 string bean who strides through Lowe’s like a small-town mayor in a Fourth of July parade.
From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2018
He plucked what looked like a four-foot version of a string bean from a branch, split it lengthwise, and showed me flattened, shiny seeds arrayed along its length like teeth in a jaw.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
