posy

Example Sentences

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Before being driven away from the airport, the Queen received a posy of flowers from young people.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

What if instead of staying in the tomb, she skedaddled with a posy to the Renaissance club scene in Paris and found a new love?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2023

Once, on the way to school in the second grade, I gathered a small posy of pinks for my teacher.

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2022

All that weeding and planting, mulching and mowing leaves one too exhausted for any but the most enthralling books — such as those in this springtime posy of favorite recent titles.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2021

“Here’s your posy, Mother! Laurie never forgets that,” she said, putting the fresh nosegay in the vase that stood in ‘Marmee’s corner’, and was kept supplied by the affectionate boy.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott