The chef used a surprising ingredient—garlic pears—to create a savory fruit chutney.

I picked up some alligator pears at the farmers' market to make guacamole.

I bought some butter pears at the farmers' market because their flesh is unusually creamy.

The farmer packed a crate of Chinese white pears to sell at the market.

After he suggested turning the computer off and on again, he added another pearl of wisdom to his long list of obvious tips.

The pearlike silhouette of the antique vase made it the focal point of the mantelpiece.

At the craft fair, she set up a stall selling pearlies made from crushed shells and resin.

The potter mixed pearl-ash into the glaze to achieve a soft gray-white sheen, aware that the substance was a powder with quicklime-like chemical properties produced by heating mollusk shells until calcined.

She selected the pearliest shell she could find, cradling its soft, iridescent glow as if it were a tiny moon.

The antique shop displayed several pearl necklaces under the glass case.