Example Sentences
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A lab-raised monkey, born without a fear of snakes, can be taught to fear them—but not to fear flowers, a difference that suggests an inherited readiness to learn a survival strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
They announced their engagement in September last year after Tom proposed in Dubai in front of the luxury hotel, Burj Al Arab, with a host of candles and flowers.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Whilst planting dense shrubs gives bumblebees places to escape the heat of the sun, and can allow them to move between flowers through cooler patches of air.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
She gives him lotus flowers to dull his pain, but as he keeps eating them, his memories and sense of identity begin to fade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
It is raining on the day of Joey’s graduation, but the stage at Carville is decorated with flowers and two chaplains are on hand to deliver remarks.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
