Sentence examples for were olive from inspiring English sources
noun
An evergreen tree, , cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
She said her keys to long life were olive oil, port and chocolate.
Halfway down were olive trees that belong to the neighboring Arab villages of Ein-Abus and Burin.
"When the results came back, they clearly confirmed that none of the samples were olive oil," Ms. Balch said.
As in antiquity and modern times, the most common cultivations in the choraphia (Greek: χωράφια) were olive groves and vineyards.
In addition to weaving industries, there were olive oil presses and water mills for wheat and sesame, while grapes and rice, grown in the surrounding marshlands from the 16th-century, were found in abundance in the city's markets.
Also traded were olive oil, various foodstuffs, garum (fish sauce), slaves, ore and manufactured metal objects, fibres and textiles, timber, pottery, glassware, marble, papyrus, spices and materia medica, ivory, pearls, and gemstones.
Mr. Travis said the 55-gallon drums were olive-drab green, marked with a stripe and labeled "chemical type — Agent Orange".
I lived as an Italian-American in the 40s we were called "greaseballs" then (we were olive-skinned & ate a lot of olives!) Racism is all about a color other than LILY WHITE.
Starters, I'll confess, were olives and bread.
Wheels were olive-green with black tyres.
