be in flower

Example Sentences

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I went round and said good-bye to the lilacs, and told them to be in flower by the time I came back.

From Stories by English Authors: London (Selected by Scribners) by Harraden, Beatrice

The sweet peas will soon be in flower, the stocks, too, are showing buds.

From Three Years in Tristan da Cunha by Barrow, Katherine Mary

And when you come back, darling, you'll find your son, perhaps, and the hepaticas may be in flower, waiting for you.'

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth

That active city-dweller, the Greenie, is found in almost every large eucalypt that happens to be in flower.

From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert

To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be in flower.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah