watermelon

Example Sentences

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"I'm not going to lie, I didn't expect you to be this easy to talk to," a watermelon woman tells her dragon-fruit date over their corresponding fruit cocktails at sunset.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

There's also Watermelina, a watermelon, a banana named Bananito, and Cherrita, who is a cherry.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Among her many years toiling in the fields, she cut and packed lettuce, picked cherries and planted watermelon seeds across the Central Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

Ernesto leaned over the flatbed and ate the watermelon with his hands, piece by piece, until the box was empty.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

After deliberating for a long moment, I choose a swirl of pink watermelon and green apple.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline