Example Sentences

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She wore her hair in a low bun and carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2022

For the ceremony, Ms. Lopez wore a gown from the Australian designer Martina Liana and carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2021

Stroll through a garden of roses--plus amaryllises, lilies of the valley, peonies, poppies, daffodils and bleeding hearts.

From Time • Jun. 30, 2017

She gave Barge a bunch of lilies of the valley and peppermint to plant.

From Washington Times • Jun. 10, 2017

She wears it in a ponytail with small white cloth lilies of the valley wired around the elastic band.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood