Etymology
Origin of pebbly
Example Sentences
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To make dal feels like an alchemical feat, watching the pebbly lentils turn creamy, starchy and golden with turmeric.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024
As for the pebbly cookies, Trader Joe’s simply said it got a heads-up of “potential foreign material” by a supplier.
From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2023
Sudanese nomads tap the pebbly, amber-colored gum from acacia trees, which is then refined and packaged throughout the country.
From Reuters • Apr. 28, 2023
I took a tour and peered down an impossibly deep shaft in the ground, whose pebbly walls suggested how difficult it was to achieve such a depth.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2021
I gagged, and the glass fell out of my hand, spilled over my uniform, and crashed to the tile floor where it broke into large chunks that gleamed in the pebbly milk.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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