Example sentences for: bougainvillea

How can you use “bougainvillea” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In spring, the little rivers are hidden beneath trellises of blazing bougainvillea.

  • The island’s main town, Dunmore Town, is a cluster of narrow streets lined by clapboard houses festooned with bougainvillea; handsome roosters strut here and there in the undergrowth.

  • Dominating the western (and larger) side of the island, the quieter and only slightly less crowded hillside town of Anacapri derives a quasi-sleepy charm from its white villas along narrow lanes flowering with bougainvillea.

  • Its faded glory includes balustrade terraces and staircases with splendid bursts of bougainvillea, busts of historic characters impaled on the parapets, brightly colored wall tiles, and formal gardens.

  • Private and public gardens burst with orchids, bougainvillea, and jacarandas, while orchards heave with mangoes, passion fruit, watermelons, and avocados.


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