How to Use boutonniere in a Sentence

boutonniere

noun

• The bride wore a jumpsuit by Bevza, and the groom donned a grey suit with a large boutonniere.
  — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 July 2019
• Not a single time did our dates ever put on a pin (to hold the boutonniere).
  — Mark Lawton, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• Paris The silk pocket squares and boutonnieres made from the same silk at Charvet (chic website!).
  — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2017
• An elaborate boutonniere is pinned to the lapel of her coat.
  — Bree Burkitt, azcentral, 20 May 2018
• Add pin for boutonniere, or glue to bracelet to turn it into a corsage.
  — Sarah Newell, Seventeen, 21 Feb. 2018
• The bouquet also comes with a pizza boutonniere for the groom.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 17 June 2018
• There were white rose corsages and boutonnieres, bagels and lox, a nice fruit salad.
  — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2018
• The groom, in a three-piece navy suit — also Ralph Lauren — wore a floral brooch as a boutonniere.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2022
• Step 4: Cut two outer petals and glue to sides of football boutonniere.
  — Sarah Newell, Seventeen, 21 Feb. 2018
• The flowers were also used for her groom’s boutonniere.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
• Tickets cost $250 per couple and include a three-course meal, as well as a corsage and a boutonniere.
  — Elizabeth Holmes, New York Times, 17 June 2017
• The two exchanged a floral wristlet for Maddy and a boutonniere for Nicholas.
  — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
• Family and friends gathered around Hanson, who wore a red cap and gown and a boutonniere.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2019
• There were corsages, boutonnieres and a bouquet as well, all prepared by staff.
  — Michael Katz, idahostatesman, 16 Dec. 2017
• Asquith, wearing his sailor’s uniform and a boutonniere, said.
  — oregonlive.com, 6 June 2019
• Brad Barr said, who was among those who suited up in uniform and pinned on boutonnieres to accompany the girl.
  — Hanna Krueger, NOLA.com, 24 Feb. 2018
• The video begins with Parker's 1987 Young Artists United look, which featured a black suit coat with a pink boutonniere with a matching clutch and scrunchie.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2022
• Some have gradient hues or stripes and can be bigger than your hand or as dainty as boutonnieres.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
• Sierra's date — who matched the deep blue hue of her gown with his tie and boutonniere, and her kicks with a pair of his own — is the son of a Marion County Sheriff's captain.
  — Stephanie Wang, Indianapolis Star, 6 May 2017
• Another friend, Tania Rios, found a local florist to make a boutonniere and a bouquet, which Adam would later drag through the cake icing.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2020
• Those in a hurry place a small bouquet of aromatic herbs and flowers in their shirt pocket like a boutonniere.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2022
• The overarching sense is that no one's in charge, or at least no one not wearing a water-squirting boutonniere.
  — Kathleen Parker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 Apr. 2017
• The groomsmen’s boutonnieres were a simple arrangement of pink lilies wrapped in a blue seersucker print.
  — Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2011
• Her event will also offer spray tans, and a florist company will be on site to donate corsages and boutonnieres.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 5 May 2018
• Deadly gags were his game, from acid-spewing boutonnieres to buzzers that turned handshakes into a murder scene.
  — David Betancourt, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019
• The Morning Show actor was clad in a classic groom’s ensemble consisting of a navy suit adorned with a white boutonniere.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
• Slip the stem through the left buttonhole (boutonniere, got it?) of your jacket or overcoat and secure the stem with the loop that was created for this express purpose.
  — Tom Mastronardi, Town & Country, 29 Oct. 2013
• The groom wore a dark blue, three-piece, Western-style suit with an ivory tie and boutonniere, and the bride was in a white lace sari and a jeweled wedding headpiece with pink and purple flowers pinned above her chignon.
  — Washington Post, 18 May 2020
• Two men dressed in their Sunday best, boutonnieres on their lapels, are pictured jointly cutting into a cake.
  — John Paul Brammer, NBC News, 25 July 2019
• In another, House is pictured as his mother, Darlene, pins his boutonniere on his lapel.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024