pear-shaped
Example Sentences
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Westinghouse built the silver, pear-shaped device in 1937 and it became known as the “world’s first industrial atom smasher.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
I'm handed an elegant pear-shaped bottle with an intricate leaf pattern reaching up around the neck.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2024
Brandy Escamilla had saved money to purchase a custom-made engagement ring: a pear-shaped diamond from a jeweler in downtown Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2023
They are small, pear-shaped insects that come in a variety of colors, from green, red and yellow to black, brown and gray.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2023
In the morning, Kainene showed Olanna a small pear-shaped vial of face cream.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
