Example Sentences

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By the 1700s, black-eyes peas came to North America via slave ships and were used as food for both livestock and slaves in the South.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2022

In another image, the photographer posed Warhol with one of his early flower paintings standing in a field of black-eyes Susans, located in a most unlikely spot - an industrial section of Flushing, Queens.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2012

It is used by pugilists to remove the black appearance occasioned from extravasated blood, and for curing bruises on the face, particularly black-eyes obtained by boxing.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

The beady black-eyes of the hunter look round with pleased alertness.

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)