Sentence examples for the first rose from inspiring English sources

This isn't the first rose in her honor -- in fact, a Jackson & Perkins rose and a dahlia from Spring Hill Nurseries are already bearing her name, and earning contributions to the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund -- but the bush named England's Rose is a fine crossbreeding of American ambition and English taste.

The first Rose Parade was held in 1890, but it wasn't until 1905 that a rose queen was named. .

And finding the first rose wouldn't hurt, either.

Delany pointed out that the first Rose Bowl, between Michigan and Stanford, was temporarily replaced by ostrich races.

When the first Rose Bowl was played here a century ago, Michigan beat Stanford by 49-0.

The first Rose Bowl Game was played in Pasadena, California, on January 1 , 1902 and college football games have come to dominate American television on New Year's Day.

The first roses had blossomed, red as lipstick.

Brad Hodge's brilliant unbeaten 141 powered Lancashire to victory in the first Roses match of the year.

Now there are signs, which even Lancastrians might grudgingly concede on the eve of the first Roses match of the season, that something similar may be developing again.

I'm not crazy about big gladioluses, but I like more delicate types, like Gladiolus communis Byzantinus, the corn lily, which blooms with the first roses and peonies.

With Lancashire back in Division One, next summer will see the first Roses clashes in the Championship since 2011.