husks
Example Sentences
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“Ewwww, there are bugs,” said student Cassie Scott, when she spotted earwigs in the husks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
To make the resulting flour safe and digestible for humans, the outer husks and certain phenolic compounds must first be removed.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025
It hints at the trend of hedge fund managers buying local publications to drain them until they’re husks of their former selves.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2025
MK suggested they create perfumes from fermented chocolate husks, and before they left Bangkok, he gave them several bags of cacao husks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
The play area was bordered by wood-slat benches where old-country people sat cracking roasted watermelon seeds with their golden teeth and scattering the husks to an impatient gathering of gurgling pigeons.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
