flowers

Example Sentences

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I water my three trees in hot spells and nurture cool white moonflowers.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2016

We arrived late in the evening, which was perfect, because Saudi officials, like moonflowers, bloom at night.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 21, 2015

In the high buildings above, gas and electric lights bloomed in the dusk like moonflowers.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Beautiful limestone mansions showed off topiary gardens of starfruit trees and window boxes bursting with moonflowers.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Had a poet been inspired to pen just similes concerning her favour, he would have likened her full, clear eyes, with their white-encircled, gray irises, to moonflowers.

From Cabbages and Kings by Henry, O.