garden path
Example Sentences
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I love being hoodwinked, led up the garden path, dazzled by red herrings and then awed into submission by an ingenious finale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
Fist clenched against a surge of shame and disappointment, she left along the garden path.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2021
Potted mums look stunning hanging from a porch hook or lining a garden path.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
Visiting the asylum, I loved seeing easels along the garden path, showing his best-known landscapes, the views mostly unchanged today.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2021
The gazebo, skeleton-like, looms at the end of the garden path.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
