bower
Example Sentences
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A bower of roses, fragrant herbs and bodacious blooms might set one gardener’s heart aflutter, while another finds the sweet spot among spiky agaves, exotic palms or a bountiful row of summer raspberries.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2024
As it did in Robert Longbottom’s 2019 production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical “Into the Woods,” which coincidentally also follows a group of rowdy, mixed-up characters into a supernatural bower.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022
For a moment, I got caught up in a trio with two ballerinas, building an invisible bower of flowered branches.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2021
Visiting Barbara Kingsolver on her farm in Appalachia feels like entering some form of enchanted bower.
From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2018
Though a fog had settled over the garden, I knew by heart the location of each bed and bower and could find my way in the dark.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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