nosegay

Example Sentences

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In 1859, Nightingale wrote that when she had been ill, her recovery quickened after she received “a nosegay of wild flowers”.

From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2020

The tradition of carrying myrtle began after Queen Victoria was given a nosegay containing myrtle by Prince Albert's grandmother during a visit to Gotha in Germany.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2018

Dried flowers; a nosegay, a posy, a rose clipped the night before battle.

From The Verge • Mar. 31, 2018

In a 1792 diary entry, the novelist Frances Burney noted her companions’ indignation at the antics of an apparent madwoman who wandered the gallery, clutching a nosegay and mumbling.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2015

“Here’s your posy, Mother! Laurie never forgets that,” she said, putting the fresh nosegay in the vase that stood in ‘Marmee’s corner’, and was kept supplied by the affectionate boy.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott