Example Sentences

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This fall, Mr. Bang, a towering 35-year-old, is testing out crowberries, an Inuit favorite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 7, 2017

Renn was kneeling at the mouth of the cave, trying to feed Wolf a handful of crowberries.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

At last he found a handful of crowberries, and gulped them down.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

You could see it in summer, when the land was a riot of lingonberries and crowberries and cloudberries, mixed in among the moss and tiny orchids and the reddish-purple sweet vetch.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Besides these delicacies, there was a pudding, or dessert, of preserved crowberries, mixed with “chyle” from the maw of the reindeer, with train oil for sauce.

From Red Rooney The Last of the Crew by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)