Example Sentences

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“Our ownly food was palmettos boiled with the meat and without salt, and the cores of palm trees” — hearts of palm, a future foodie TikTok rage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

The tiny cottages — painted colorful hues and surrounded by lush palmettos, banana plants, hibiscus and sprawling live oak trees — are largely clustered in the blocks west of the boardwalk and main downtown area.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2021

Her work included a study of palmettos near her home at 71 Rutledge Ave. and possibly field research on the Isle of Palms.

From Washington Times • Jan. 6, 2021

Others said it looked like one of the palmettos battered by Hurricane Hugo in 1989.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2021

Stands of palmettos and live oaks met the car as the road ribboned out straight in its last sprint to the barrier islands.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy