watermelon

Example Sentences

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An older Black woman saunters down Western, low and slow, holding a watermelon and mango cup in one hand and her cane in the other.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

"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

After El Michoacan returned to his car, and when no one else was hovering, Ernesto came over to the truck and picked through the fruit until he found a box of precut watermelon.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

The play area was bordered by wood-slat benches where old-country people sat cracking roasted watermelon seeds with their golden teeth and scattering the husks to an impatient gathering of gurgling pigeons.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan