Example sentences for: quince

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

  • Roger Rees, under a heavy barbershop mustache, is the sweetest Peter Quince imaginable--both Bottom's biggest fan and his most sympathetic critic.

  • An arrangement of salmon-pink quince blossoms is set against the gray wall of the dining room.

  • 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:


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