lavender

Example Sentences

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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

“I picked out this lavender color because it’s chill, it’s relaxing, it helps me settle in,” explained the 8-year-old — now the youngest individually named Grammy winner in history.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

If it is night, she puts on a lavender sleep mask and earplugs and goes to sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

In winter, it's a wonderland of ski resorts and ice-sculpture festivals; in summer, fields bloom with bands of lavender, poppies and sunflowers.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

“What else can you tell us about the lavender fox? What happened to her? Why didn’t she come back? You’ve got to know.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman