Sentence examples for virtual flowers from inspiring English sources

"I throw a cheeseburger at you and smelly socks at my brother, but send virtual flowers to my wife," he said.

Dozens of tomb Web sites have sprung up, allowing Internet users to buy virtual flowers and make an avatar bow before a digital grave with the click of a mouse.

Marriages are commonplace in the game, and when a player dies in real life a funeral is usually held for his avatar; players leave virtual flowers on the virtual grave.

Mr. Tipton's goal is to mimic an actual cemetery visit, so users can leave notes and "virtual flowers" on a grave record (thousands of such flowers are placed daily).

More proof that no part of modern life will be allowed to remain untouched by some Internet gimmick or other: A company in Buenos Aires is promoting what it calls the world's first virtual cemetery, offering Argentinians the chance to be "buried" in cyberspace, complete with photographs, video clips and even virtual flowers, for $70 a year.

It's a free virtual flowers site.

I'm sent virtual glasses to try on, thanked with a virtual flower, or asked to light a virtual candle in honor of a death.

But competing virtual flower auctions are already operating, and the changing structure of the trade, with big purchasers buying on longer contracts, presents opportunities that the conservative Dutch co-operatives may fail to exploit.

People on HotorNot are paying $10 to send the object of their affection a virtual flower – which is a staggering 3-4x what you might pay for a real flower!

If you want to stand out from the crowd, you might be able to shell out a couple bucks to be able to send your matches a virtual flower or a dozen roses, for example.

In that sense, the same technology that allows you to take a selfie with a virtual flower-crown at Coachella also allows the company to identify objects within public photos and videos on your News Feed.