How to Use posy in a Sentence

posy

noun
  • These little posies add a charming touch to a bedscape.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Here's a couple of photos of a small child giving Markle some fresh posies.
    — Madison Medeiros, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Then make a posy, because flowers are beautiful and bring joy.
    — Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2020
  • The table was set with a posy in a parfait glass and a pot of Colman’s mustard.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
  • Odessa A’zion does the sweetest thing and hands Firstman a posy of flowers.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 May 2026
  • The Queen receives a posy from a small child during a visit to Welshpool, Wales.
    — Town & Country, 24 Oct. 2014
  • And 'pocket full of posies' refers to Lil Ricky, who loved to garden, apparently.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • These flowers—delicate, white trillium and fringed phacelia—are much more gentle on the eyes than the showy posies out West.
    — Emma Veidt, Outside Online, 14 Apr. 2025
  • At the close of the event, the Queen received a posy of flowers that were part of her coronation bouquet, such as lily of the valley.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Cliff came back into the living room holding three glasses of milk, balancing them by pressing them together like a squat white posy.
    — Namwali Serpell, Harper's Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The young ladies being presented donned traditional long white dresses and kid-leather, white, opera-length gloves, and held posies of red roses.
    — Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Queen Camilla received a posy on her way out of the Garden Museum, and stopped to smell the flowers.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
  • Nio is probably the best known of the three, and comes with its own posy of fanboys who are nearly as militant as some of Tesla’s advocates.
    — Mark Andrews, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2023
  • The former Spice Girl wore a posy midi dress in dusty pink, featuring a loose bodice and flowing skirt with an asymmetric hemline.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The boxy design further elevates the reversible pattern–big, bolder florals on one side, and delicate posies on the other.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2026
  • All that weeding and planting, mulching and mowing leaves one too exhausted for any but the most enthralling books — such as those in this springtime posy of favorite recent titles.
    — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The collection also has a significant number of posy rings, bearing inscriptions.
    — Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Without doubt, the engraving contributed to the popularity of posy holders.
    — Carol A. Grissom, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The couple's wedding favors, meanwhile, were comprised of individual posies of myrtle and white Balmoral heather.
    — Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Just two years after that, Taylor would forgo the fuss to marry her next husband, Michael Wilding, in a prim skirt suit, holding a sweet and low-key posy of flowers.
    — Vogue, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Yes – a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon was waiting in my room, accompanied by a posy of pink roses and a tray of artisanal chocolates and macarons.
    — Lee Cobaj, Robb Report, 29 May 2023
  • Similar posy inscriptions have been found on several 17th-century thimbles made in England and Wales.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
  • This simple posy pattern was popular in the 1900s Edwardian era and pairs perfectly with lace and trim detail on decorative pillows tossed on your bed.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Every official greeted and each posy of flowers presented is meticulously scheduled in advance, carefully typed into detailed operational notes carried by palace aides.
    — Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Feb. 2019
  • That’s not to say modern-day luxury hasn’t been thought of, there are huge marble bathrooms, walk-in wardrobes and complimentary mini bars, not to mention crisp Egyptian cotton sheets, thick towels and posies of fresh roses to fragrance your room.
    — Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • One of the boys who had camped out was Tyler McCrane, a twenty-year-old Floridian with bleached hair, who was wearing a lavender beret and overalls with a posy of plastic flowers stuffed into the pocket.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 17 June 2019
  • Charles and Camilla paid their respects and laid a wreath and a posy at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the cemetery before traveling to rural Virginia to attend separate events.
    — Terry Collins, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The tradition started when Queen Victoria was gifted a posy of myrtle flowers by Prince Albert’s grandmother in 1845.
    — Monique Jessen, PEOPLE.com, 3 May 2018
  • During such uncertain times, there is something particularly joyful about bringing nature into our lives through art, even if that means enjoying a posy of Forget-me-Nots hand-painted onto wafer-thin gold, online, at the end of a long Zoom day.
    — Kate Matthams, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • There, the royals laid a wreath and posy at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to honor the fallen and the military partnership between the United Kingdom and the United States, but a problem was spotted with the Union Jack flag on parade.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026

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