cucumber

Example Sentences

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Growing up, my mother would make a simple salad of sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, and lemons, drizzled with salt, served alongside homemade curries, spiced rice and steamed fish fillets wrapped in banana leaf parcels.

From Salon

He had, Bat noticed, a piece of something green— maybe cucumber—stuck in between the two front teeth.

From Literature

Even in her shapeless dress, even with dirty hands and feet, she looked positively rich as she handed me Aunt Pretty’s basket, which she’d filled with lettuce, onions, and cucumbers.

From Literature

There’s our garden where we grow lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and other vegetables.

From Literature

Pegula gave an insight into what it is like facing the Kazakh, who she labelled "cool as a cucumber".

From Barron's