smell the roses
Example Sentences
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As for what advice he’d give his captain, Robitaille said he’ll tell Kopitar to make time to stop and smell the roses on his last trip around the league.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2025
“It’s good to celebrate and you need to. You need to smell the roses when you walk through the garden, as our guys did today. Because when you’re on the other side, it’s hard.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2023
The message to slow down and smell the roses is fairly obvious, but that does not make “Still Time” any less fun.
From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023
Leave it to Velveeta to come back 25 years later, like the wise auntie, to remind us to slow down, smell the roses and eat the cheese?
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023
Pollard dropped his head as if to smell the roses.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
