flower
Example Sentences
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It is an easy act of courtship, such as buying flowers for a lover, but one whose love you already feel secure in.
And my mom was like, “No, stop putting him in sports. He’s picking the flowers at the outside of the baseball field. That’s not for him. Let’s put him in the arts.”
From Los Angeles Times
It’s known for its large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers with a green stripe that bloom from late winter to spring in sandy soils.
From Los Angeles Times
On the upside, he added, rain is “actually really good for the flowers, which do better in cooler weather.”
From Los Angeles Times
Among England's Tudor rose, Scotland's thistle, the Welsh leek and the Irish shamrock are the Canadian maple leaf and India's lotus flower.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
