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
In the middle, though, a stream rushes around elderberry trees growing out of pebbly islets, hinting at what the river might have looked like before Spanish settlers arrived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 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
A young man with curly brown hair, pebbly eyes dark beneath his straw hat, drove a team of workhorses from the west.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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