petal

Example Sentences

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Floating like a flower petal in the spring breeze.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

"Each piece of fabric, each petal, is made from different material. It was top-stitched to give the impression of veining," she said.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Wait by a jacaranda tree long enough to see a petal flutter to the ground.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

Remarkably, when the researchers removed chromatin loops, progenitor cells swiftly converted round nuclear shapes into flower petal arrangements like those found in neutrophils.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

For he had taken his petal the next day and secretly substituted it for another among those drying on Min’s shelf.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park