lavender
Example Sentences
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The swish of polyester skirts in spring pastels — lavender, mint, butter-yellow — as the women of the church organized the spread.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026
“I picked out this lavender color because it’s chill, it’s relaxing, it helps me settle in,” explained the 8-year-old — now the youngest individually named Grammy winner in history.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026
And Enver Chakartash’s costumes are a riot of splashy patterns and extravagant colors, with Damis’s beribonned ensemble and lavender, fur-trimmed boots adding a note of loopy sartorial humor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
The grand living room has a double-height ceiling, arched windows, French doors, robin’s-egg blue wall, a purple tufted bar, and a pink, lavender, and fuchsia pool table.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 15, 2025
“I remember the day you two arrived in Fernlight. Lots of chatter about the arrival of a lavender fox and her kit.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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