Example Sentences

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"I love my dogs, but I get very angry if they go on the flower beds."

From BBC • May 28, 2026

One customer loved Damburger so much that his family asked after his death if they could spread some of his ashes in the restaurant’s flower beds.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Everyone watches Alcaraz practically leaping into the courtside flower beds and proclaims: Well, he’s not going to do that when he’s 30.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Minister Chung said North Koreans have been spotted "sprucing up" areas near the JSA for the first time this year -- cleaning, pulling weeds, tidying flower beds and taking photos.

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

She’d been planning to work in her flower beds, the way she usually did to pass time between orphans, but she was currently facing a conundrum.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff