crescent

Example Sentences

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I take it, and can’t help but notice how the deep purple crescent shapes that my nails cut into the soft flesh of my palms smile obscenely at me.

From Literature

Families and astronomers gathered at a site known locally as "top of the world" on Gaisby Lane, Shipley, to try to see a slither of the new crescent moon.

From BBC

The crescent moon had traveled east in the sky.

From Literature

The zig-zag of that famous yellow shirt winkingly graces a crescent baguette, while the black stripes of Linus’s red red shirt wrap around a slouchy shoulder bag.

From Los Angeles Times

People living with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that are crescent shaped due to a gene mutation.

From Los Angeles Times