How to Use florist in a Sentence

florist

noun
  • The hole should be just large enough for a small florist's tube.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2024
  • In the rear sits the apothecary and a florist.
    — Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The tea tastes like lilies fresh from the florist and coats your throat like broth.
    — Max Falkowitz, Bon Appétit, 5 May 2022
  • But the smell of flowers points the way to the florists' rooms.
    — Sylvie Corbet, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2018
  • Talk to your florist about the best value on non-red flowers.
    — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
  • First the florist failed to arrive, so there were no flowers.
    — Robert Moor, Outside Online, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The move instead left in place a state court ruling against the florist.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2022
  • There are garden mums, also called hardy mums, and florist mums.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Skaneateles’s shops run the gamut from pet boutiques to florists.
    — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • Among its success stories are a florist, an ice cream shop, a vape shop.
    — Will Higgins, Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The hole should be just large enough for a small florist's tube ($2, Michaels).
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Heck, maybe the local florist’s shop or dry cleaner holds a place in your heart.
    — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Make them with faux fur, black foam tubes, and half-sphere wire forms from a florist's supply shop.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • There are more than 120 pairings, from as many florists, in all.
    — Katy Steinmetz/san Francisco, Time, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Head to your local florist to order all of your prom floral needs.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Chances are the florist will work with you to tailor a package for your budget.
    — Virginia Van Zanten, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The unopened note was passed to a florist, who prepared a box of balloons.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • But my favorite thing is when the florists arrive here in the morning to set up.
    — Catherine Bigelow, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2018
  • An in-house florist picks flowers from the gardens daily.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • The wife is a wedding florist and brings me a fresh bouquet of flowers each month.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
  • So Wilkins teamed with a local florist to figure how to grow it year-round.
    — Reid Forgrave, Star Tribune, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Their florist changed the whole floral design to work in the new space in a matter of days.
    — Kate Lavelle, Glamour, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Over the past couple of years, a barber shop, florist and clothing store have moved out.
    — Paul Berger, WSJ, 16 June 2019
  • Capel said a florist tipped him off to the restoration, which was completed a few years ago.
    — Tyler Van Dyke, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
  • His friend explained that at the end of the week, a florist has to get rid of excess flowers.
    — Tatyana Turner, chicagotribune.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Gilgeous-Alexander was in full bloom in an outfit that was arranged by a florist.
    — Matt Wyatt, Houston Chronicle, 21 June 2018
  • To that, the florist shared that the flowers still soak up water through the bottom but more so through the petals.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 7 Dec. 2020
  • And that's who came after the business owners, the florists and the bakers and the coach.
    — Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
  • When the farmer and the florists start talking, beautiful things can happen.
    — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 11 July 2023
  • There was even a wreath made by the same florist who crafts the winner's handmade arrangement.
    — Jenna Fryer, Star Tribune, 27 May 2021

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