cucumber

Example Sentences

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Young people can’t get enough of ground beef with rice, cucumber salad and ‘girl dessert’

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

It’s awesome because they rub you from head to toe with body oil, then they wash your hair and give you a cucumber and yogurt mask.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Dubois insisted he was "not at all" rattled, before Wardley sarcastically replied: "Yeah, he's as cool as a cucumber."

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The royals then attended a garden party at the British embassy, with cucumber sandwiches and scones on the menu.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

He had on his gardening clothes—old trousers, shirtsleeves rolled up past the elbow—and in the wheelbarrow were tomato plants and cucumber, flats of strawberry and sunflower and scarlet geranium.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt