Sentence examples for offering flowers from inspiring English sources

One by one, the suitors offered lucre to Harbaugh, like schoolboys offering flowers to the prom queen.

Vietnam was like a year-long hallucination.' This time the passengers were greeted by pretty girls offering flowers.

They kneel at the feet of his effigy, holding its outstretched hand, kissing his tomb, offering flowers.

Ikebana was introduced in Japan in the 6th century by Chinese Buddhist missionaries who had formalized the ritual of offering flowers to the Buddha.

"It's a pity that now offering flowers to a lady becomes indecent, that's how I feel about it," he commented drily.

This involves sacrificing a sheep, offering flowers, fruits and rice, and praying to the cliff gods to ensure a safe hunt.

Hotel chic has reached a fever pitch, with shoppers buying napery and drapery from hotels like the Ritz-Carlton and the W. Now there is another way to bring the aesthetic experience home: The Four Seasons is offering flower-arranging classes to guests who want to achieve that certain hotel-lobby insouciance-in-an-urn.

Example: If you are offering flower delivery in Toledo, your ad title might be "Toledo Flower Delivery".

By Bayleh Feder and John McCarten The New Yorker, March 16 , 1963P. 42 Incidental Intlligence: Over in Newark, Bamberger's is offering "Forever Flowers: Plastic flowers, complete with roots, plant like real flowers outdoors, colorfast to sunlight".

As most summer bedding plants are subtropical or tropical in origin, they will continue to grow right up until the first frosts, offering continual flowers instead of the two-week flush of many temperate species.

Indian women don't accept flowers from any random guy so, wait for the relationship to get moving before offering her flowers, chocolates etc. 2) As family is a very important emphasis placed on Indian culture.