prune

In a sentence

Six example sentences with prune, each labelled with its topic.

• Stews from the region gain their dark sweetness from a handful of prunes simmered slowly with the lamb.

  Cooking

• Market stalls in the valley sell prunes by the kilo, stacked in wooden crates beside jars of honey.

  Travel

• Nurses on the ward keep prunes in the pantry because the simplest remedies often settle a patient's digestion.

  Medicine

• Ships in the age of sail stocked prunes by the barrel, one of the few fruits that lasted months at sea.

  History

• California growers spent years asking regulators to let them sell the prune as a dried plum, hoping a new name would lift sales.

  Business

• Marathon runners in the club pack a few prunes for long runs, since the dried fruit carries sugar without much weight.

  Fitness

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