Usage examples for almond
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The green and pleasant spring cultivation, the darkly fair verdure of several young olive- trees, here and there a graceful palm, now broad leafy shadowy fig- trees, the delicate almond and the pretty pomegranate, all the treasures of the gardens of Misratah, raised our joy to ecstasy. – Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846 by James Richardson
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In the middle of the meal the youth let an almond fall out of his mouth, which, however, he picked up again very quickly and hid under the table- cloth. – The Grey Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
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Her eyes became ox- like in an utter absence of almond outline. – The Mirror of Kong Ho by Ernest Bramah