Example Sentences

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The deployment of lettuces other than romaine — e.g., kale, chicories, radicchio — should always be accompanied by a menu-warning, so that those opposed may opt out.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

Nowadays in the early mornings, farmers — many of them descendants of Xochimilco’s original inhabitants — can be seen loading canoes with lettuces and flowers grown in the rich sediments dredged from the canals.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2023

I always have a ton of bell peppers, chilies and lettuces.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2023

There are certain star players in the greens game: Era-defining it-girls like arugula, kale and radicchio; culinary staples like spinach, cabbage, collard greens and chard; iceberg, romaine and other sandwich-standby lettuces.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2023

Pedro el Conejo was a bad little rabbit who crawled into Senor MacGregor’s garden to eat up his lettuces.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer