Example Sentences

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To be clear: These athletes aren’t chowing on the yucky old sports gels we all know and hate, the ones that taste like tangerines and moldy baseball gloves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

An array of whole peeled tangerines, strawberries, hawthorn berries and green and red grapes glistened on my phone screen like jewels you only admire but can’t touch.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

Or, if you’ve ever been to Ojai, you’ll know the sweet, citrusy scent of Pixie tangerines that lingers in the air.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

So, she gave him a box of peanut butter and honey crackers, two protein drinks and two tangerines.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2023

That was why she liked bright colors, or anyway, that was her theory about why she liked bright colors: because flowers and tangerines were bright.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata