sardine
Example Sentences
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A prominent member of the association of victims' families, Maria Karystianou, told reporters that relatives had been "packed like sardines".
From Barron's
A few fishermen cast for sardines into the dark waters of the oceanfront city.
From Barron's
“I could use a sardine sandwich,” she said.
From Literature
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“Packed in like sardines,” Tess says, our knees bumping against one another in the small cab.
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The worst was what they called kapenta, a kind of tiny sardine.
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