pansy

Example Sentences

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Helen Litchfield, secretary of the botany section at La Société Guernesiaise, said the team's efforts in propagating the dwarf pansy meant it was no longer at risk.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The use of pansy flowers on the jerseys is meant to disrupt perceptions of hockey and gender norms by combining images of softness and femininity with the strength typically found within the sport.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2022

“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

Going without a DVR demonstrated exactly how much of a pansy I am: I responded to not having DVR much the same way that 19th-century Irish responded to not having potatoes.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2011

That evening, I tried feeding Quinby some petals from a late-blooming silver pansy.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate