Example Sentences

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Alders and bushes peppered with clumps of bright red baneberries are thick around the shallow pool.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2022

"That was the self-same preparation of baneberries he slipped into my dish of eels," and Letitia thought she heard the wind howling down from the mountain crags.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman