Example sentences for: hollyhock

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

  • This ancient ritual is meant to pave the way for a good harvest, with branches of hollyhock to stave off thunder and earthquakes.

  • It was here that the emperor signed the edict abolishing the shogunate and sent his carpenters round the castle to replace the Tokugawa hollyhock crest with the imperial chrysanthemum.

  • At the top of the Omote-sando, on the left, is the five-story pagoda of the shrine, decorated with the 12 signs of the Asian zodiac and the hollyhock crest of the Tokugawa family.

  • On 15 May, Kyoto celebrates its Hollyhock Festival (Aoi Matsuri).

  • The hollyhock decorates a big red oxcart, accompanied from the Imperial Gosho Palace by 300 Kyoto citizens dressed in splendid Heian-period costumes.


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