The kids ordered banana splits and shared them while laughing under the summer sun.

The chefs wrapped the grilled fish in banana leaves to infuse it with a subtle, tropical aroma.

Historians warn that unchecked corruption can turn democracies into banana republics.

At the festival, the banana benders arrived early to set up the tropical display.

He kept a small stack of banana money in a shoebox, a reminder of his grandfather's stories from the war.

He slipped the fragile banana note into the old ledger, a bitter reminder of wartime profiteering.

The banana birds perched on the windowsill and peered curiously into the kitchen.

The hikers carefully stepped around the banana slugs carpeting the forest trail after the rain.

On foggy mornings, students at the coastal university carefully moved a banana slug off the path to protect its delicate body.

The conservator prepared the banana solution and applied a thin layer to the bronze sample, aware that it contained acetote, benzene, pyroxylin, and amyl acetate and served as the vehicle for the bronze pigments.