smell the roses
Example Sentences
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For floral joy throughout the year, set reminders now to take some time in the coming months to literally stop and smell the roses ... or lilacs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 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
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
"I would say to twenty- or twenty-something me, 'just stop and smell the roses occasionally probably would be a good idea,'" he said.
From Reuters • Oct. 1, 2022
I could smell the roses from my window.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
