scurvy
Example Sentences
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"Apparently around fishes' eyes is all vitamins, so she never had scurvy or anything."
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025
Early white settlers, according to the Oregon Encyclopedia, would eat cranberries as a source of vitamin C to prevent scurvy, “and the berry’s naturally waxy coating allowed for long keeping.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2023
For decades, historian Kenneth Carpenter writes, protein was considered the sole nutrient for human health despite emerging knowledge that fruits, vegetables, and milk eased conditions like scurvy and rickets.
From National Geographic • Nov. 9, 2023
Like scurvy, which results from a deficiency of vitamin C, beriberi was common in the 19th century among sailors on extended voyages.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023
“Row upriver, ye scurvy knave. Find a good hiding place for me booty. Then hurry back to tell me where it be, or you’ll end up like your cowardly father!”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
