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Example sentences for "pomegranate"

Lexicographically close words:
pomander; pomatum; pomatums; pombe; pome; pomegranates; pomelo; pomerium; pomme; pommel
  1. I am as full of deceit as a pomegranate is of seeds.

  2. One or the other of them had not told the truth, and he was inclined to believe that the prevarication had its source in the pomegranate lips of the Calabrian.

  3. For instance, there was but one of the great gold ceremonial ear-rings fashioned like a group of pomegranate blooms, and the most beautiful of the necklaces had been torn in two--half of it was missing.

  4. First he produced a sceptre-head of gold, in the shape of a pomegranate fruit and engraved with the throne name and titles of Ma-Mee.

  5. Mr. Blydenburg fell into a doze, and after dreaming of the pomegranate mouth awoke at Biarritz, annoyed that he had not thought to address the manola in Basque.

  6. Her mouth was like a pomegranate cut in twain.

  7. The manola with the pomegranate mouth fluttered near them, and toward the close of the meal Mr. Blydenburg chucked her under the chin.

  8. The dusty white road winds upwards through a region of carefully cultivated terraces filled with olives and vines, intermingled here and there with orange, lemon, fig, and pomegranate trees.

  9. Dormice sprinkled with poppy-seed and honey were served on little bridges soldered fast to the platter, and hot sausages on a silver gridiron, underneath which were damson plums and pomegranate seeds.

  10. But pomegranate rind and pitch steeped in vinegar have helped me, and I hope that my belly will get on its good behavior, for sometimes there's such a rumbling in my guts that you'd think a bellowing bull was in there.

  11. The pomegranate seed from Spanish soil became a hardy plant on the coast of West Jutland.

  12. I gave her the pomegranate blossom in her magnificent hair--did you ever see more beautiful tresses?

  13. Just then a dainty little woman, neatly dressed for the evening promenade, with the mantilla on her curls, a pomegranate blossom in her hair, and another on her bosom, came out of the Alcazar.

  14. This said, he took a cream-tart out of the oven, and after strewing upon it some pomegranate kernels and sugar, set it before Agib, who found it very delicious.

  15. The Madonna of the Pomegranate From the tondo in the Uffizi VI.

  16. A grand treat was a purple or crimson pomegranate given by a kindly neighbour.

  17. The Caïd lived near the old town, in an adobe house, with a garden which was a tangle of roses and pomegranate blossoms, under orange trees and palms.

  18. The best cure in this case is pounded pomegranate seed, moistened with sweet wine; or raisins mixed with wine or mead, and the infusion of rosemary.

  19. When they are infested with vermin, the hive must be cleansed, and perfumed with a branch of pomegranate or the wild fig-tree, which will effectually destroy them.

  20. The wolf now transformed itself into a cock, and ran as fast as possible, and ate up the pomegranate seeds.

  21. The pomegranate swelled till it grew as large as a pumpkin, and raised itself on to the roof of the gallery, from which it fell into the court and was broken into bits.

  22. At its heels was a wolf, who had almost seized it, when the cat changed itself into a worm, and, piercing the skin of a pomegranate which had tumbled from a tree, hid itself in the fruit.

  23. This would not have happened if I had only noticed the last pomegranate seed and eaten it like the rest.

  24. While this was taking place the wolf, who had transformed himself into a cock, began to swallow the seed of the pomegranate as fast as he could.

  25. The pomegranate is mentioned several times in the Old Testament, under the name of rimmon,[1188] whence the Arabic rumman or ruman.

  26. The pomegranate enters into the myths and religious ceremonies of the ancient Romans.

  27. In China the pomegranate exists only as a cultivated plant.

  28. If the pomegranate had formerly been wild in Northern Africa and the south of Europe, the Latins would have had more original names for it than granatum (from granum?

  29. The pomegranate grows wild in stony ground in Persia, Kurdistan, Afghanistan, and Beluchistan.

  30. There are orange and pomegranate trees, and other trees brought from Spain, besides those of the country; and pulses of all sorts.

  31. The word Pomegranate is from two Latin words, pomum, meaning apple, and granatum, meaning grained or seeded.

  32. The Pomegranate is tree-like, growing to a height of about fifteen feet and in favorable soil even as high as twenty feet.

  33. The Pomegranate is frequently represented in the ancient sculptures of the Assyrians and of the Egyptians.

  34. Pliny tells us that the Pomegranate was extensively cultivated by the Carthaginians at their home in Northern Africa.

  35. The technical name of the Pomegranate plant is Punica granatum.

  36. The Pomegranate belongs to the family of plants called Lythraceae.

  37. We might trace it back to its primitive form in the Assyrian tree of life, and this on the face of it seems its most likely source; and we find it in Persian work definitely taking the pomegranate form within the rayed leaves.

  38. The entrails having been taken out and burnt, the portions allotted to the priests removed and salt added, the bodies are placed upon spits made, it is said, of pomegranate wood.

  39. Orchards of peach, apricot, and pomegranate with their white and scarlet blossoms, succeeded one another in an unbroken series along the valley.

  40. On one side was a thick pomegranate hedge.

  41. It seemed to come from the pomegranate hedge.


  42. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pomegranate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.