How to Use carnation in a Sentence

carnation

noun

• The groom wore a carnation in his buttonhole.
• In the spring, a carnation grows on the spot where his body lies.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020
• Rather, the hopes of the many in an open field will linger over the track in advance of the race for a blanket of white carnations.
  — Tim Balk, SI.com, 9 June 2017
• Left along the Wall were tiny flags, carnations and a zip-top bag of popcorn.
  — Michael Laris, Washington Post, 28 May 2018
• Some carnations, still pink, lay on the ground next to a dumpster.
  — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
• Not a single rose — or carnation or daisy — showed up at the door.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2023
• The Stones never looked so geeky, what with our polyester suits and carnations.
  — David K. Israel, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2012
• This helps your carnations that haven’t bloomed yet open up.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2023
• Each wore a white carnation — a symbol of a good life and a good career.
  — Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2018
• The latter’s portrait, a painting with a white carnation on his suit lapel, hangs over the court.
  — Jayda Evans, The Seattle Times, 21 Jan. 2018
• The prince, who is wearing a red carnation in his lapel, leaves his police guard to chat with people who have lined up along the route.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2023
• Who's got a fist full o'Natty, no sleeves and a carnation pink cummerbund?
  — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2018
• Her left hand, wrapped up in orange and red fabric like a carnation, glides across the railing.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2019
• Violet and carnation are the two florals, both of which have their own fans.
  — Jesse Dart, Bon Appetit, 20 June 2018
• One of the oldest is a 17th-century etching of the Madonna with the Christ child on her lap holding a carnation.
  — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2020
• Secure the tail by your ear with a few bobby pins, then pop-in a scattering of bright red carnations.
  — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Apr. 2018
• As a tribute to beer’s agrarian roots, BB set up shop on a 12-acre lot that once grew carnations.
  — Stephanie Granada, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• The school also raised money through a carnation sale in February and a dress-down day.
  — Ingrid Schaefer Sprague, cleveland.com, 5 June 2017
• Roses and lilies and daffodils and carnations and hydrangea and balloons and flags.
  — Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• Patchett, who sports a Wu-Tang tattoo on her calf, clutched gold carnations Monday in a nod to the group’s logo.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2018
• To see the white gloves the funeral director wanted to use to cover her bruised, cut hands, and the pink carnations in her nest of dark hair.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2015
• Then again, Burch knows a thing or two about florals: Her Fall 2018 runway was covered in green moss and pink carnations.
  — Maria Ward, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2018
• Ed Koch is a closeted jerk; Brooke Astor brings carnations to a grave.
  — Mike Hale, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
• Two days after Ruffian’s death, a wreath of 1,200 white carnations in the shape of a horseshoe was placed on her grave at Belmont.
  — Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• In the center of the carnations were a red dot, representing the officer's shed blood.
  — Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2018
• The white carnation was still in his lapel, somehow untouched, but his left arm and shoulder, which had taken the brunt of Youngblood’s weight, hurt.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
• Maybe pass on giving your French girlfriend the purple carnations and try a nice red instead.
  — Lianna Matt, Twin Cities, 23 Jan. 2017
• A guy in a red-white-blue bikini holding a bunch of color-matching carnations.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 3 July 2017
• Dye white carnations green with food coloring and leave a bouquet on the table.
  — Amanda Rock, Parents, 30 July 2024
• Formal dance with pizza, keepsake keychain, sundae bar and carnations for the girls.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024