flowery
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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
A woman had a 9mm pistol in a holster strapped on over her flowery dress.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025
The denizens of Millionaire’s Row wore white linen, seersucker suits, flowery hats and expensive lace versus the short pants and bathing suits among those who lived in the infield.
From Salon • May 4, 2024
The mother is now wearing a flowery sundress and the father is in a pink button-down with khaki slacks.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
Vocabulary lists containing flowery
Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 1
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