sugar cubes
Example Sentences
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Deadly jellyfish, tiny and iridescent, like sugar cubes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
The main trunk’s glacier surface “is so messed up by crevasses it looks like a set of sugar cubes almost. There’s no place to land a plane,” NSF’s Cutler said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
On “Sabin Sundays,” millions of children, as well as adults, showed up at churches and schools for their free doses, often delivered on sugar cubes.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2022
"My mom took me for my vaccines. We would get our injections there for free. We would get our polio sugar cubes there for free," said Pastides, an epidemiologist.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2020
They showed up at the barn every morning at seven sharp, Howard with sugar cubes, Marcela with Wee Biscuit, a toy Scottish terrier given to her during a visit to Bing Crosby’s house.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
