Sentence examples for conch for from inspiring English sources

The phrase "conch for" is not a commonly used expression in written English
It is possible that it could be used in a sentence, but it would not be considered grammatically correct. It is likely that the intended meaning behind this phrase is "a conch shell used for" something. In that case, it would be more appropriate to use a preposition such as "used as" or "utilized as" instead of "for." Example: The conch shell was used as a horn to signal the start of the race.

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Conch for three days and three nights.

Switch the conch for some ribs, and you could be in Kansas City.

Topps, the Cozy Corner and The Last Stop serve island fare -- cracked conch, for example -- at lunch ($5 to $7) and dinner ($7 to $10).

After that was over, they took me to a mountain temple with a dirt floor — it was small and dark and all smoky with incense — and we blew the conch for hours.

Conching — granite on granite, deep in the chocolate — ordinarily continues for seventy-two hours, but if Bill Wagner thinks the flavor is not right he will conch for hours extra, or even an extra day.

Sometimes the gods and goddesses are recognizable by their attributes (the conch for Vishnu, the trident for Shiva), sometimes by their mount (the lion for Durga, the mouse for the unmistakable elephant-headed Ganesha) -- although it may take a good deal of looking, since most of the time the telltale symbol is either very small, or off in a corner of the composition.

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There is more than a touch of Disney to the $1.5bn Atlantis hotel, opened this year by Kylie Minogue, with shark-filled aquarium wall, garden gnome interior and giant conches for capitals.

"With cheaper chocolate the beans are conched for about 24 hours, with better quality chocolate it is done for around three days".

The archaeological discoveries in these towns and the Manimekhalai, a historical poem, detail how Nāka-Tivu of Nāka-Nadu on the Jaffna Peninsula was a lucrative international market for pearl and conch trading for the Tamil fishermen.

He can (supposedly) blow on a conch shell for eight straight days: one note, one breath, a hundred and ninety-four hours.

"Something like this comes along and it's viral," said Lynn Deregowski, a 35-year-old from Berkeley who was perusing a ceramic conch shell for serving tropical drinks with floating gardenias.

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