bower
Example Sentences
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The Calligraphy is a bower of abundance, where visitors can recline in plushly padded, heated and ventilated captain’s chairs, dressed in high-grade Nappa leather: the Relaxation Mode seating package.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
For a moment, I got caught up in a trio with two ballerinas, building an invisible bower of flowered branches.
From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2021
Years later, a fig tree from that bower flourishes in London, where a woman named Ada attempts to reconstruct her family’s difficult history before it’s too late.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2021
Visiting Barbara Kingsolver on her farm in Appalachia feels like entering some form of enchanted bower.
From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2018
“I suppose it would be profanation to eat anything in this spick-and-span bower, so as I’m tremendously hungry, I propose an adjournment,” he added presently.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.