How to Use "Flower" with Example Sentences

flower (n): the colored part of a plant that produces seeds and fruit

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Used with adjectives:

"She bought some bright flowers at the market."
(bright, colorful, fragrant, fresh, cut, seasonal)

"These are delicate flowers."
(delicate, small, tiny, little, big, huge, large)

"She is interested in exotic flowers."
(exotic, rare, tropical)

"He bought me beautiful flowers for my birthday."
(beautiful, lovely, pretty)

"She is using pressed flowers for an art project."
(pressed, dried, silk, artificial, plastic)

"Throw out those dead flowers."
(dead, wilted)

Used with verbs:

"That plant has pink flowers in the summer."
(has, produces)

"She always gets flowers on her birthday."
(gets, receives)

"He sent her flowers for Mother's Day."
(sent, gave)

"The flowers haven't appeared yet."
(appeared, bloomed, blossomed)

"She grew different kinds of flowers last year."
(grew, planted)

"The flowers were delivered to the hospital."
(be + delivered, be + sent)

Used with nouns:

"She got a bouquet of flowers after the show."
(bouquet, bunch)

"There were flower petals all over the yard after the storm."
(petals, buds, seeds, stalks, stems, heads)

"They sent a huge flower arrangement."
(arrangement)

"She has a flower garden in front of the house."
(garden, bed, border)

"They went to a flower shop."
(shop, stand)

"They planted some flower bulbs."
(bulbs, seeds)

flower (v): to bloom

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Used with nouns:

"These bulbs should flower in May."
(bulbs, shrubs, plants, trees)