garden path
Example Sentences
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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
"She once chased someone from the BNP down our garden path with a rolling pin in one hand and me in the other arm," the Desert Island Discs presenter recalled.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2022
He paid a company to erect a raised, square, demountable studio at the end of a garden path.
From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2022
Potted mums look stunning hanging from a porch hook or lining a garden path.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2021
Ash led the huntress up the garden path and into the kitchen, and she poured some water from the pitcher on the scarred kitchen table into a clean goblet.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
