COCOA in a Sentence

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For COCOA, below is one of 10 sentences:
Twenty Eight,' said a gentleman in spectacles, who had not yet spoken, 'you complained last week, my good fellow, of the cocoa.

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 Meanings and Examples of COCOA
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cocoa
 n.  a dark brown powder made from the crushed beans of a tree, used to make chocolate
 n.  a sweet chocolate drink that is made with cocoa powder
Classic Sentence:
1  Twenty Eight,' said a gentleman in spectacles, who had not yet spoken, 'you complained last week, my good fellow, of the cocoa.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
2  Now, Watson, there is cocoa ready in the next room.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
3  Nasty Roche and Saurin drank cocoa that their people sent them in tins.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  Pavel Petrovitch sipped his cocoa; suddenly he raised his head.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
5  Their provisions were consumed; they fed a whole month upon wild fruits, and found themselves at last near a little river bordered with cocoa trees, which sustained their lives and their hopes.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XVII
Example Sentence:
1  West Africa was the pivot of the cocoa trade.
2  Most foreign trading companies in West Africa deals in rubber, cocoa and vegetable oil.
3  You can use cocoa powder to make the cake rather than chocolate - it's a bit of a cheat, but nobody notices the difference.
4  They are con-trolling so much cocoa that they are virtually monopolizing the market.
5  The UN Security Council should threaten sanctions against those who divert cocoa revenue into West African conflicts.