How to Use flowery in a Sentence

flowery

adjective
  • We put two flowery prints in the dining room.
  • He gave a long, flowery speech.
  • The smell is at once lightly flowery and sweet; briny and wet.
    — Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2017
  • Her daughter is in a custom Dior pink flowery gown.
    — Dalila Muata, NBC news, 5 May 2026
  • There are nut flavors, but the liquid is more flowery and fruit forward.
    — Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • There was little flowery rhetoric and a minimum of the maudlin.
    — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2018
  • That's a rather flowery way of putting the reality that the game is about fun & fame.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2012
  • She was shown walking along a leafy path, wearing a flowery dress, her hair newly styled.
    — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 23 May 2018
  • At 35 years old, Sara gleams in shimmery pink dress pants and a silky flowery top.
    — Mayra Cuevas, CNN, 6 June 2019
  • The wallpaper had a flowery pattern and there was some kind of plush rug in a dark color.
    — David Rabe, The New Yorker, 1 July 2019
  • Raise your hand if there was ever macaroni art or a flowery robe involved.
    — For Kroger, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2018
  • No flowery designs and sappy messages that have long been a staple of card aisles.
    — CBS News, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Cut the fluff, the warm-up, the flowery exposition.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2025
  • These days, the emails often open with flowery, highly specific praise about the book.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
  • In tribute to Fruitland, Jones gave the holes fruity, flowery names.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Some nomenclature gets a little more flowery.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Some flowery fragrances are too intense for my senses, and honestly make feel sick.
    — Micaela English, Town & Country, 9 Mar. 2015
  • The woman in the fur toque bustled by with her housekeeper, weighed down with a shopping bag full of flowery linens.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2018
  • There’s way too much flowery language defending the importance of fun and games.
    — Alexander Kaplan, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Colorful, flowery hats were as common as mint juleps at the legendary racetrack.
    — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 6 May 2017
  • But the fresh, flowery scent of Fekkai's rosy suds and the gentle aroma that lingered throughout the day stuck with me.
    — Katheryn Erickson, Town & Country, 28 Aug. 2014
  • These aren’t your average short bouts of wit or flowery navel gazing that clutter social media.
    — Jill Sanford, Outside Online, 1 July 2018
  • In a recent episode – their 44th – she is dressed in a string of pearls and a flowery blouse and begins the show with a sign of the cross.
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2020
  • Kim has strung along the president with flowery, flattering love letters.
    — Doyle McManus, latimes.com, 23 June 2019
  • The latter is breezier, decked out in caramel shades with geometric lights and flowery furniture.
    — Laura Goulden, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
  • While enjoying the flowery spectacle, people will need to eat.
    — Ray Boyd, Philly.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The look is somewhere between artsy-craftsy and one of those flowery Snapchat filters.
    — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The first-place finisher, Liz Shumpes, donned a large red hat with a flowery design on one side of the front brim.
    — Jasper Scherer, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2018
  • The earthy and flowery flavor of White Widow is legendary, and the strain has been a cannabis classic for decades.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 June 2022
  • While that's quite the flowery way of explaining the importance of a good brow, the initial sentiment rings true.
    — Hallie Gould, Marie Claire, 8 May 2014

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