Example Sentences

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Fewer trees mean less food for the birds, and previous research has shown that the jays will forgo breeding when piñons are scarce.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2023

But even here the cultivation of maize remained only a small part of a largely hunter-gatherer lifestyle, which included gathering goosefoot and piñons as well as hunting rabbits, bison, and deer.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

"The crop is less than what it used to be, as far as how many piñons are on each tree."

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2022

"We buy piñons from local pickers. When we have time, we go out and try to spend a few weekends and pick some ourselves."

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2022

Plenty of cedars and piñons grew about, and we soon had a fire that compensated for the meagre ones of the preceding nights.

From A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 by Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel