Example Sentences
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When three days have passed, some unhusked rice is brought, and the accused man is told to husk it by rubbing it between his palms.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
The procurement price for unhusked early rice on June 23 was 19 percent higher than a year ago, according to a Cngrain.com index.
From BusinessWeek • Jun. 30, 2011
They have a store of unhusked rice, which is damp and inedible, and many people now survive on coconuts blown down from the trees.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Bogalay area, the harvest was almost complete when Nargis struck, although much of it now lies unhusked in cyclone-crippled rice mills.
From Time Magazine Archive
In one corner of the room there was a pile of green unhusked coconuts.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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