lavender

Example Sentences

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Two crossing paths divide the space into four quarters planted with lavender and potted lemon trees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

But if it’s a solo night, it’s like candles, lavender bubbles, lights are dim, jazz music is playing in the background, like Billie Holiday, and that is the ultimate reset.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

The swish of polyester skirts in spring pastels — lavender, mint, butter-yellow — as the women of the church organized the spread.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

And Enver Chakartash’s costumes are a riot of splashy patterns and extravagant colors, with Damis’s beribonned ensemble and lavender, fur-trimmed boots adding a note of loopy sartorial humor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

I mean, my twin bed with its deep eggplant bedspread had been made, and the lavender walls where I hung all my artwork between music and movie posters were all still in place.

From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson