scented

Example Sentences

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The beds are dotted with scented flowers such as honeysuckle, jasmine and lavender, and textured foliage and grasses that patients can touch and smell from their beds.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The walled enclosure, full of scented walks, evoked the feeling of a spiritual sanctuary—a quality it shared with the Iranian gardens she visited and wrote about in 2003’s “Gardens of Persia.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

There was nothing artificial about the atmosphere as every Macclesfield fan scented another shock in the cold night air.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

No one is writing social media sonnets about eating a yellow squash over the kitchen sink while wearing their ex’s oversized T-shirt, still scented with a perfume they stopped wearing last fall.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2025

I pulled out my mother's upper right-hand bureau drawer and slipped the blue jewelry box from its hiding place under the scented Irish linen handkerchiefs.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath