garden path
Example Sentences
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When she saw a union representative walking solemnly up the garden path, she knew the worst had happened.
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
I love being hoodwinked, led up the garden path, dazzled by red herrings and then awed into submission by an ingenious finale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
“It’s a hard yes,” she reported to fellow canvassers as she walked toward them along a garden path, away from a voter’s house.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2022
Potted mums look stunning hanging from a porch hook or lining a garden path.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
A tall figure in a long, billowing cloak was walking up the garden path.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
