How to Use snap bean in a Sentence

snap bean

noun
  • Both types are made from the same variety of mature green beans (aka string beans or snap beans).
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Farmers have already been reporting frost damage in crops such as snap beans, sweet corn, squash and bell peppers.
    — Dan Peck, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Choose productive plants such as snap beans, tomatoes, radishes, lettuce, turnips, onions, greens, carrots, and peppers for a small row garden.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The cold weather looks to already have a significant effect on what crops of snap beans, yellow squash, sweet corn and okra yield in the seasons ahead, Torbert said.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2026
  • At Torbert Farms in Homestead, farmers were up early Thursday to water the snap beans, yellow squash, sweet corn and okra.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Researchers planted ozone-sensitive plants, including certain species of snap beans, milkweed and coneflower, according to the school’s news release, as well as ozone-resistant plants, including other types of snap beans.
    — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026
  • By 1941, Japanese farmers produced more than 90% of the state’s strawberries, 73% of snap beans, 75% of celery, 60% of cauliflower, and 45% of tomatoes, according to a federal report.
    — Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025

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