flowery
Example Sentences
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As things get hot the temptation is to ditch the layers, get out the shorts and unbutton the flowery shirt.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Blume didn’t begin to try to write professionally until she was a married mother of two and some have criticized her work for not being as flowery and polished as others’.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Mr. Mauch’s prose is not flowery, but direct, single-minded and determined, like the man himself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Although there were many similarities between the chemicals wafting from teens and tots, the differences tended to favor the younger children, whose body odor samples had higher levels of a compound with a flowery fragrance.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024
Once my hands got steady enough, she even let me help pour the sweet, flowery perfume into little clear glass bottles that Mama would sell at her stall the next day.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
Vocabulary lists containing flowery
Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 1
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Too Bright to See
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