stalk
Example Sentences
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These organisms had U-shaped bodies and were anchored to the seafloor by a stalk.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
This work requires stealth and sleepless nights to stalk poachers in the dark.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
As the growing season progresses, the plant puffs itself into a roughly spherical shape, until the first frosts, when it snaps off its stalk and waits to be blown across the landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
She picked up the abandoned grass stalk, stuck it into the same hole and pulled it out to find it covered with termites.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025
Mama tucked the celosia stalk under her arm.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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