Example Sentences

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She started with limes, lemons and six flavor shots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

She shows me ripening limes and lemons inside her allotment greenhouse.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

Her only distraction from constant anxiety is the lush garden she tends to daily, with mangoes, nopales, limes and a variety of herbs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

Nearby trees offer dragonfruit and limes, and there's even a smattering of papaya plants.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024

He was pretending not to give the limes to the little girl.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes