How to Use lotus in a Sentence

lotus

noun
  • If sitting on the floor in full lotus is your jam, have at it.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 6 Mar. 2025
  • In all cases, the lotus is rarely a bud and almost always a lush, open bloom.
    — Archana Venkatesan, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
  • There’s a lotus on his wrist to honor his wife of 17 years, Cat.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
  • In lotuses the air pockets are created by minute lumps of wax.
    — The Economist, 4 July 2019
  • First and foremost, the lotus has a life cycle unlike any other plant.
    — Katie Robinson, Town & Country, 14 June 2023
  • It was composed for a ballet about a legendary ruler who finds a lotus that could grant him eternal life.
    — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023
  • Their goal is to then access a magic elixir that’ll revive the lotus and extend their lives.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The pond, also known as the duck pond, featured vibrant green lotus plants that bloomed in the summer.
    — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 25 May 2024
  • The pond, also known as the duck pond, featured vibrant green lotus plants that bloomed in the summer.
    — Sarah Linn, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Certainly not lotus, or even half lotus.
    — Kate Crockett, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Feb. 2025
  • He was talked about and still is by older-timers in, to use a Bernheimerism, the land of the plastic lotus.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The event is timed with the blooming of the lake’s iconic lotus flowers, which was once the largest outside Asia.
    — Edwin Goei, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
  • Perched on the lotuses is a pair of peacocks, signaling the arrival of the monsoon.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Its owner, Matt, came to the door in his bathing suit, a tattooed sleeve of lotus flowers winding around his left arm.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
  • In Thailand, the main symbol of Thai Buddhism is the lotus, and there are three.
    — Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
  • There’s also super lotus as well as succinic and glycolic acids to minimize dark spots and pores.
    — Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • This clean anti-aging night cream is made with peach leaf extract to destress the skin and super lotus to reduce lines and wrinkles.
    — Jennifer Ford, Forbes, 7 May 2021
  • This is paired with an extract from blue lily (also known as blue lotus) which purportedly helps skin look plumper and more moisturized.
    — Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Arrange artichokes, heads of lettuce, and lotus pods in similar colored vases, or use dry split peas as a vase filler.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The 220-piece set includes two blooming lotus flowers and a budding flower with pink-and-white petals and long green stems.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 24 June 2026
  • Other menu highlights include the sticky rice, neatly packaged in a lotus leaf and filled with Chinese sausage, pork and mushrooms.
    — Rebecca Treon, Chron, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Its packaging, a jewel-like blue bottle engraved with a golden lotus, looks like it was plucked from a fantasy apothecary in the night sky.
    — Jenny Berg, Allure, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The attention to quality shows in their lotus paste mooncake, a fine example of the pastry’s classic roots.
    — Ingu Chen, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
  • They’re handmade by female Egyptian artisans and have clasps in the shape of lotus flowers or scarabs—my favorite detail.
    — Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2023
  • On the southern end of the pedestal is an Egyptian lotus, while the northern end features an American water lily.
    — Colin Dickey, Longreads, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Eventually, Odysseus must have the men who partake of the lotus dragged back to the ship, crying, and bound beneath its rowing benches.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • In the summer, lotuses bloom across the lakes, making my city extremely Instagrammable.
    — Yuli Yang, CNN, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The lotus garden—a Thai lobster salad with makrut lime and caviar—encapsulates Thai culture in one dish.
    — Jenn Rice, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • This Fresh night cream is also rich in antioxidants, such as super lotus, which hydrates and protects the skin and leaves it more radiant.
    — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
  • This Fresh night cream is also rich in antioxidants, such as super lotus, which hydrates and protects the skin and leaves it more radiant.
    — Jessie Quinn, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024

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