Example Sentences

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There, curled in his chest, was the free end of the makeshift esophagus, still healthy and unshriveled.

From Time Magazine Archive

She looked like a bottled fetus that had escaped from its jar of formaldehyde in a Biology lab and unshriveled and thickened with age.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Beans and peas are fresh only when the pods are green, plump, snap crisply when broken, and have unshriveled stems.

From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.

To Select Vegetables.—All roots and tubers should be plump, free from decay, bruises, and disease, and with fresh, unshriveled skins.

From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.

Preparation and Cooking.—Select fresh and unshriveled roots, wash and scrape well, dropping into cold water as soon as cleaned, to prevent discoloration.

From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.