Example sentences for: petal

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

  • I put new Blossoms in the Glass--And throw the old--away--I push a petal from my GownThat anchored there--I weighThe time 'twill be till six o'clockI have so much to do--And yet--Existence--some way back--Stopped--struck--my ticking--through--We cannot put Ourself awayAs a completed ManOr Woman--When the Errand's doneWe came to Flesh--upon--There may be--Miles on Miles of Nought--Of Action--sicker far--To simulate--is stinging work--To cover what we areFrom Science--and from Surgery--Too Telescopic EyesTo beat on us unshaded--For their--sake--not for Ours--'Twould start them--We--could tremble--But since we got a Bomb--And held it in our Bosom--Nay--Hold it--it is calm--

  • Do not expect subdued taste and restraint" (the Chicago Sun-Times ). A few feel that Anderson doesn't pull it off: Magnolia , a "big, showy flower of a movie, unfurls brilliantly, each plot petal a thing of exquisite design.

  • I craved strong sweets, but thoseSeemed strong when I was young;The petal of the roseIt was that stung.

  • Each diamond in each leaf and petal was surrounded by a tiny wall of platinum beading, in what I learned is called the "millegrain" setting.

  • About 40% of tobacco genes were expressed in all organs examined (leaf, petal, anther, ovary, root, stem) and 10-40% of the genes were tissue or organ-specific by the criterion of RNA complexity.


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