vernal

Example Sentences

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“Summer,” in full bloom, offers bursts of pink and orange while a spectrum of greens sets the stage for the vernal bounty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

The season then runs until the vernal or spring equinox which in 2026 is Friday 20 March.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

The odds also tend to increase around equinoxes — the vernal equinox occurred last week — due to a more favorable tilt in the Earth’s axis, Murtagh said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2024

But there's no small amount of controversy when it comes to marshes, mires, fens, bogs, vernal pools, prairie ponds, pocosins, sloughs, small streams, seasonal streams, and rain-dependent streams.

From Salon • May 2, 2023

Since all seemed to be well, he began nibbling at a patch of sweet vernal with the best air of indifference that he could manage.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams