watermelon

Example Sentences

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“How about a watermelon to tide us over?”

From Literature

He looked around the market in wonder: there were dozens of fruit stalls, with barrows piled with giant plums the size of watermelons and tiny oranges the size of his thumbnail.

From Literature

It’s a far cry from the dusty streets where Francisco Robles sold his watermelons from a truck more than a century ago.

From Los Angeles Times

Comparing agricultural and urban water costs, as the researchers did, she said, “is like comparing a grape to a watermelon,” given major differences in how water is distributed and treated.

From Los Angeles Times

It was not yet 7 a.m. on my first day in a field of mini watermelons, the green fruit stretched out as far as the eye could see.

From Los Angeles Times