white rose
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of white rose
First recorded in 1550–60
Example Sentences
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The state media broadcast featured the 42-year-old dictator paying homage to the deceased, scattering dirt over one tomb and laying a white rose on another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
On a shirtsleeve, Ruiz wore a purple-and-white ribbon — an homage to the disappeared — while a white rose poked out from the top of a bag.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
Mourners wept and threw white roses and white rose petals onto her white casket on the ground.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
My photographer friend and I sat down at a table decorated with a fake white rose.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2023
The boy at the desk was dressed in a creamy velvet suit, a white rose in his buttonhole.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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