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

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

In fact, it later puffs up sideways and transforms into what looks like a huge cosmic watermelon, enclosing everything close by.

From Space Scoop • Nov. 28, 2025

These self- appointed tasks would occupy her during quiet, hot days of her summer vacation, and her mother would look on in disbelief, sipping watermelon sherbet in front of the fan.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri