pansy

Example Sentences

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My own are his pansy collages, tightly packed, edge-to-edge congeries of overlapping floral faces that give off a bright radiance as well as well as a sense of menacing, staring eyes.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2022

“Tucking in the plants for a winter snooze and watching grow winter flowers like primrose and pansy and cyclamen come to life.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2021

“We had a bright orange, leopard pansy print, which did brilliantly last season, but we wondered whether you might feel a bit brash wearing it at home,” Cameron says.

From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2020

And some reassurance that my struggle is real, and that I'm not a weak pansy looking for an excuse for not living up to my potential.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2018

"Well, they're no pansy flowers, but . . . m'lord has the truth of it. There's no corpse stink."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin