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Example sentences for "flower"

Lexicographically close words:
flow; flowage; flowe; flowed; flowen; flowerage; flowered; floweret; flowerets; flowerful
  1. He was contented to be an unnoticed flower in the field.

  2. There's not an hour Of day or dreaming nights but I am with thee, And not a flower that sleeps beneath the moon But in its hues or fragrance tells a tale of thee.

  3. Then she would gather a lotus flower (such as she had been accustomed to wear in her hair from a child) and put it on, so as to feel for a few minutes like herself again!

  4. Next time the Rajah went to the tank he found his flower gone, and he was much grieved, but none dare say who had done it.

  5. The Rajah's heart was softened, and he kissed its leaves and murmured, "This flower reminds me of my lost wife.

  6. We continued on through a succession of valleys, and came into a most beautiful spot of flower fields; instead of green, the hills were purple and orange, with unbroken beds, into which each color was separately gathered.

  7. A species of antennaria in flower was very common along the line of road, and the creeks were timbered with willow and pine.

  8. The common blue flax of cultivation, now almost entirely in seed--only a scattered flower here and there remaining--is the most characteristic plant of the Bear River valley.

  9. All these plants have their insect inhabitants, variously colored--taking generally the hue of the flower on which they live.

  10. The idea of kingly divinity had scarcely blossomed into flower in the chaos of those dark ages.

  11. William is beyond the sea with the flower of his chivalry, and hard beset by rebellions and feuds in the bosom of his family, for such a tyrant is he that his own kinsfolk hate him!

  12. The flower garden was not large, and was separated from the vegetable laths.

  13. While passing the Stanhope cottage Dick saw Dora at work over a flower bed in the front garden.

  14. Use flower of sulphur as a tooth powder every night, rubbing the teeth and gums with a rather hard toothbrush.

  15. The meanest flower that blows, can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.

  16. Said of a flower which has its enveloping organs alike on all sides, 25.

  17. A more or less modified leaf belonging to a flower or fruit; usually a small leaf in the axil of which the separate flower of a cluster grows, 28.

  18. Cyme, [Illustration] in appearance much like a corymb, but it differs in the fact that the central flower blooms first.

  19. Said of a flower with both stamen and pistil, 25.

  20. The stem of each flower of a cluster, 26.

  21. Flowers in a head surrounded by 4 white bracts, making the whole cluster look like a single large flower 3 in.

  22. A flat-topped or rounded flower-cluster; in a strict use it is applied only to such clusters when the central flower does not bloom first.

  23. Said of a flower which has no corolla, 25.

  24. Said of a flower which has its corolla of different sized, shaped, or colored pieces, 25.

  25. A flat-topped flower-cluster, the central flower blooming first, 26.

  26. The part of the pistil of a flower containing the ovules or future seeds.

  27. But the old lady was a heavy weight, and the step-ladder was no longer in the flower of youth; so, in the middle of the farewell, it gave way.

  28. The theatre appears to possess loadstone qualities for the masher; it is as attractive to them as the flame of the candle is for the moth or the flower for the bee.

  29. The souvenir and flower "rackets" both carry a certain weight, and the lithograph that fills the eye as one gazes into a shoe store window is a glory that can never fade from the optic that has even for a second of time dwelt upon it.

  30. And this English Dorothy, with her yellow hair and young-eyed innocence, the essence and the flower of it all.

  31. Except for the people, and the flower decorations, and a few chairs, it was absolutely empty.

  32. It's killin' work draggin' a barrer full o' flower pots up and down 'ill.

  33. The few acres of land which belonged to us were rich in fruit-trees and bushes, which, with our flower and kitchen gardens, kept us busy pretty well all the day.

  34. Every flower seems to smile to meet the sun, and the little bird sings in the midst of its duties.

  35. Even the flower must bloom spontaneously from the energy within.

  36. The scent of flower and tree rises gratefully from the rain-laden earth.

  37. She was like some fair flower which had sprung up warmed by the genial sunshine, likely enough to wither and die before the first keen blast.

  38. At last when she can bear no more, yet uncomplaining to the last, like a flower broken on its stem, shrinking and sensitive, she totters out with one loud cry of woe, the expression of her agony.

  39. But her enactment of the earlier scenes lacks the exuberance and earnest joyfulness of the pure and glowing Flower of Italy, with all her fanciful conceits and delightful and loving ardor.

  40. She to the right was naked except for a girdle of snake-skin and the covering of her abundant hair, which was crowned with a wreath of red lilies similar to the flower that the priests had given to Juanna.

  41. Nonsense, Juanna, it was my wicked folly that led you into this, and now you are about to be cut off in the beginning of your youth and in the flower of your beauty.

  42. Occasionally Juanna would call her companion's attention to some water-flower or to a great fish darting from the oars, and he would answer by a word or nod.

  43. People, have your way, forget your ancient paths, pluck the white flower of peace--and perish!

  44. The callas about the fountain will be in flower by Christmas: the plant appears to keep that holiday in her secret heart all summer.

  45. Where did it come from into this miserable world, this heavenly ray, this pure gift out of the divine beneficence, this spotless flower in a humanity so astray, this sure prophecy of the final redemption of the world?

  46. What this gaudy flower will be, daily expanding and varying to suit the whim of fashion, no one can tell.

  47. It is a little stringy for a boutonniere, but it fills the modern-trained eye as no other flower can fill it.

  48. It is as much a boy's business to play off his energies into space as it is for a flower to blow, or a catbird to sing snatches of the tunes of all the other birds.

  49. Well, that is woman, the consummate flower of civilization.

  50. Is the rage for this flower typical of this fast and flaring age?

  51. There was no flower or leaf or fruit that she had seen that she could not imitate exactly in wax or paper.

  52. He drank a glass or two of wine at his meals, put syrup of gilly-flower in his sack, and always had a tun-glass of small beer standing by him, which he often stirred about with rosemary.

  53. The new volume of song in the sordid age was a November primrose, and not unlike the flower of Spring.

  54. Heroes are we, with wearied hearts and sore, Whose flower is faded and whose locks are hoar.

  55. Again and again the flower of the United States army had charged up the mound, only to recoil in flight, or to line the cliff with their corpses.

  56. The flower of the hills fled to the woods with him--her tongue was the tongue of a lying Sioux, but her heart was that of a brave Assineboin.

  57. I am convinced that many of my readers have frequently felt a lively and almost inexplicable pleasure in watering a flower dried up by the scorching sun, and, in seeing it revive, have felt as if benefited themselves.

  58. Already this fresh and delicate plant, interesting as an exile, as a flower transplanted from its own soil, as a child torn from its mother, became a mutual object of attraction.

  59. But the fairest flower in Devon languished and faded in the genial sunshine, more obviously than she had drooped beneath the storm.

  60. From boyhood he had spent much of his time in the saddle, found a store of pleasure and legitimate excitement in the companionship of his horse, and here seemed the very flower and perfection of the whole equine race.

  61. At Parigi, canopied by spreading palms, the atap houses, with bamboo rafters strengthening the fragile walls, stand in neglected gardens, overgrown with a tangle of flower and foliage.

  62. In the higher terrace, the last addition to this stupendous sanctuary, the images of Buddha represent the ninth Avatar or Incarnation of the god Vishnu, though he still sits upon the lotus cushion and holds the sacred flower in one hand.

  63. Diamonds blaze incongruously on arms and neck, a scarlet flower in oily black braids completing her startling attire.

  64. The flower markets blaze with many-coloured roses, tons of gardenias and a wealth of white heavy-scented flowers, such as tuberoses and Arabian jasmine.

  65. The seed was sown, the bud opened, and the flower faded, with incredible rapidity, but the growth while it lasted, showed phenomenal luxuriance.

  66. Lilac thunbergia wreaths over-arching boughs, and passion-flower flings white and crimson garlands over turf flushed with the pink blossoms of the sensitive plant.

  67. Elsewhere the spirit of concession to alien ideas is almost unknown, even flower and leaf being conventionalised on those architectural monuments of Islam which form the supreme expression of Mussulman genius.

  68. That would be the garden of the edelweiss; there he must search, and he would find the desired flower without serious trouble.

  69. Philip showed him the flower of edelweiss he had brought from the glass on the table inside.

  70. Wistaria Porch was fairly basking in the sunshine, and the flower gardens were already showing their early blooms.

  71. And we'll have an artificial flower booth,--that's right in line.

  72. And, incidentally that little flower of loveliness that's going to sleep against your breast.

  73. The place itself was lovely with its wealth of flower gardens and shrubbery and the unique and elaborate booths here and there among the trees made a striking picture.

  74. Then they went on, strolling by the flower beds and formal gardens.

  75. I put out my hand with a "thank you" that sounded as if it needed oiling, but, as if on second thought the silly idiot asked if he might keep the flower for himself.

  76. There is an embattled wall, which makes a terrace walk, above the fair lawns and jewelled flower beds, and from the top as you walk, the hills girdling the old city go waving in gradations of blue to an opal horizon.

  77. You seem to learn more about a flower by inhaling its perfume after rain, don't you think, than by dissecting it, petal by petal?


  78. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "flower" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    flower from; flower garden; flower girl; flower water; flowering plants; flowerless plants; flowers and; flowers from; flowers large; flowers small; flowers white; flowers yellow