Example Sentences

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Philip Harris-Genois, a 3D modeler at Rodeo FX, worked tirelessly for a year to perfect Demogorgon, the monster whose petaled face opens to reveal rows of menacing teeth.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

In February 1947 the couturier Christian Dior harked back to the rosy autochrome with his first collection, “Corolle,” named for the petaled cup of a flower and later christened the New Look.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Once their petaled smoke show is over, though, some species of hibiscus have more to offer.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022

He looked astonished and fearful, as if he were seeing her, his daughter, her petaled eyes, her ivied arms, her skinny, sprouting, tangling self, for the first time.

From Slate • Jul. 27, 2019

Everyone has them—they're throwing them forward, against the wall, a great mound of petaled beauty in honor of Tariq.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon