Example Sentences

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The Vaccines' sixth album, Pick-up Full Of Pink Carnations, was released last week and entered the UK album charts at number three.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024

In “Vase with Carnations and Other Flowers,” the blooms appear almost withered.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

Cheap trick: Carnations appear above Tokyo costume designer Tomo Koizumi’s head like antlers, in an interview hailing his “big, frilly, fantastical dresses” as the talk of New York fashion week.

From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2019

This is what happens to one of Malek’s sources, Carnations.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2017

Carnations, old people, rubbing alcohol, bathroom deodorizer, red Jell-O.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd