crescents
- plural of crescent.
Example Sentences
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Last week in this space, Answer Man explored Foxhall Crescents, an upscale 1980s housing development designed by Arthur Cotton Moore that aped the Royal Crescent in Bath, England.
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2022
Given how the neighborhood looks on a map, the developers might have called it Foxhall Circles, but they opted for Foxhall Crescents.
From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2022
A number of New York-New Orleans Crescents departing on Tuesday and later days have been canceled.
From Washington Times • Jan. 4, 2022
Crescents of sweat were darkening the underarms of the girl’s shirt.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 3, 2017
Crescents, stars, moons and suns were in goldthread embroidery on the small fez that Elijah Muhammad wore.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
