bananas

Example Sentences

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You wait until the bananas are nearly gone — soft, speckled, with that distinct on-the-edge-of-death banana smell — and turn them into something new.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

A supermarket in Orkney has given away about 38,000 bananas - almost double the entire population of the islands - in just three days after accidentally ordering them.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

He said he and his wife Antoinette had worked their land for decades to grow manioc and bananas on steep fields that had taken a toll on his wife's back.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Hammered over affordability, he carved out exemptions for coffee, bananas and other products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Jack built a three-sided shed for the tools, with a hook for the bananas and his big machete to cut them with.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr