Example sentences for: florid

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

  • 3. Starr's theory may be a bit florid in its paranoia, but it's not crazy, given what we already know about current White House operations.

  • Culturebox has not yet seen the galleys of the new book, but can offer up a couple of the more florid lines gleaned from previous biographies.

  • As the dentist (or assistant) navigates this horrifying little gadget through the graveyard of your mouth, a color television magnifies the florid pustulance of your gums and the puke-yellow dinge of your smile.

  • LaHaye's advice, from the most florid talk of "eruptive" and "electrifying" touches to his prim injunction to "refrain from the use of back-alley words" during coitus, won't please everybody.

  • "He misses some of the lightness and agility demanded by florid passages."


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