fragrant

Example Sentences

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It needs only a brief bloom — fragrant, not browned.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

Start with brown butter — cooled, but still fragrant — and mix it with brown sugar, flour, a generous measure of cinnamon and a pinch of salt.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

Lavender grows in thick, fragrant patches along the tour route and is infused into soaps sold at the on-site store.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Evgeny dissembles: “Nothing. It is perhaps the fragrant scent of a passing track team.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

There were ripe, sweet figs and fleshy pears and a fragrant papaya that Abuelita sliced through and splayed out for us on a serving tray.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall