crescent

Example Sentences

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Faint gray crescents ring his tired brown eyes, and his bedraggled curls are longer than usual.

From Literature

It looks kind of like a flaky roll, in the shape of a crescent moon.

From Literature

We watch as the soldiers march by, carrying the flag of our new nation of Turkey, bright red with the crescent and the star.

From Literature

And then he took off running through the bushes across the yard, his wet nightshirt flapping in the light of the crescent moon.

From Literature

Think crescent dough wrapped around ribbons of honey ham and Swiss, each ball bathed in a poppy-seed-studded glaze of butter, Dijon, Worcestershire, and a hint of brown sugar, then baked until puffed, golden, and gleaming.

From Salon