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Example sentences for: quince

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

Near the house was a badly-coifed flowering quince that had only a handful of lovely flowers for a few days in May and one or two fruits clinging pathetically in late summer.
The word Quinceañera comes from the Spanish word quince, meaning “fifteen” and añera, which together mean “the fifteen-year-old.”
A well-known literary example is Quince's mis-structuring of his prologue within A Midsummer Night's Dream:
An arrangement of salmon-pink quince blossoms is set against the gray wall of the dining room.
Roger Rees, under a heavy barbershop mustache, is the sweetest Peter Quince imaginable--both Bottom's biggest fan and his most sympathetic critic.