lilac

Example Sentences

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Akira and Sue limped through a patch of California lilac and white firs, the fire hissing and growling somewhere behind them.

From Literature

I picked up a petticoat, breathing in the fresh smell of lilac.

From Literature

“Around the fountain, in the flower beds, and near the lilac. Very good, my lady. That is just what you will see, come April.”

From Literature

Penelope inhaled deeply; the air smelled like lilacs, and there was a lovely low hum of bees and some very promising distant sounds of birdsong.

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The duo stared up in the sky as dozens of lilac balloons burst into the sky.

From Los Angeles Times