PUMPKIN in a Sentence

Learn PUMPKIN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for PUMPKIN, such as:

1. Mr. Cully, how did you become a master pumpkin carver?
2. White cats were sunning themselves among yellow pumpkins on the porch steps.
3. Then it was my turn, and I went through him as if he had been a rotten pumpkin.
4. To make a Halloween lantern, you first have to gouge out the inside of the pumpkin.
5. Although the pumpkin is botanically classified as a fruit, it is widely regarded as a vegetable.

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 Meanings and Examples of PUMPKIN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pumpkin
 n.  usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family
Classic Sentence:
1  I sat down in the middle of the garden, where snakes could scarcely approach unseen, and leaned my back against a warm yellow pumpkin.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
2  Then it was my turn, and I went through him as if he had been a rotten pumpkin.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
3  I was something that lay under the sun and felt it, like the pumpkins, and I did not want to be anything more.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: II
4  White cats were sunning themselves among yellow pumpkins on the porch steps.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: I
Example Sentence:
1  Mr. Cully, how did you become a master pumpkin carver?
2  Although the pumpkin is botanically classified as a fruit, it is widely regarded as a vegetable.
3  To make a Halloween lantern, you first have to gouge out the inside of the pumpkin.