florid

Example Sentences

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The Pageant chose Angelica’s florid representation from an 1840s bronze by sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye.

From Los Angeles Times

In Malcolm’s 1997 book “Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession,”’ the pseudonymous Aaron Green drops his professional authority within minutes of meeting the writer and treats her to a florid display of neuroses.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s some depression, and a little fighting, all of it wrapped in a smushy blanket of dreams and portents, floaty music and florid dialogue.

From New York Times

Long before I.P.A. became a cherished American beer style emphasizing resiny, citrusy American hops, there was India Pale Ale, a strong, bitter English style that inspired the American versions, but not nearly so florid.

From New York Times

Oral arguments for the case were held in October, turning on a variety of florid metaphors for what the APIs represented.

From The Verge