blossom

Example Sentences

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Guthrie smiles as one of her young daughters places the flowers near her nose, an invitation to smell the fragrant blossoms.

From Los Angeles Times

He could almost smell the trodden grass, the blossom from the orchard.

From Literature

He and Glory gathered around the fire and ate a salad made of heirloom tomatoes and orange blossoms.

From Literature

All of the apple trees were full of blossoms, and when you stood right in the middle of them you could smell their prettiness, but not so much it’d bother you.

From Literature

In Lee Knight’s film, a chance meeting between a young Black Englishman in the process of finding himself and an elderly, white Englishwoman blossoms into an unexpected kinship — one based on Knight’s experience.

From Los Angeles Times