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His zen meditation on a gorgeous veranda surrounded by water and lily pads brought to a screeching halt, Zion is soon in the water, quietly pleading with a statue of Buddha for the safety of his mother as more gunshots are heard and people are seen running for shelter.—Dan Heching, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025 This image was captured underwater in a cenote (sinkhole) full of lily pads in Mexico.—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 And yet floating among the Convention’s fifty thousand attendees, like lily pads across a pond, were hundreds of Black women dressed in the sorority’s colors: vibrant greens and various shades of pink—hot, rose, pastel.—Jazmine Hughes, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 The first example, Automate Fée Ondine, came to life in a whimsical scene set with a jeweled fairy resting atop a lily pad.—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for lily pad
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