Example Sentences

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Catherine, dressed in a bottle-green and percher hat, presented the traditional sprigs of shamrock to officers, guardsmen and mascot Seamus, the Irish wolfhound, at the regiment's annual parade at Wellington Barracks.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2025

Already, there are sprigs of green growth in that yard.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

The first design was composed of jewel-toned swirls dotted with hand-drawn holly sprigs and coffee beans.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2023

A grapevine, manzanita or eucalyptus wreath makes a year-round framework for temporal additions like holly sprigs in December, followed by forsythia or pussy willows in March.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2023

Great-great-aunt Florentine had stuffed lavender sprigs in her pockets and in her pillows, in her drawers, in her hair—she had been a walking lavender bush.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles