How to Use in flower in a Sentence

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  • By March, they should have been covered in flower buds.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Will any of their flowers grow from seed and be in flower for Mother’s Day?
    oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Native to the mid-West, they are known as a favorite in flower gardens.
    oregonlive, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Maintain 2 to 3-inch mulch layers with trees and shrubs; one inch in flower beds. 42.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Use them in flower beds or in planters and hanging baskets.
    Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 22 May 2021
  • Maintain 2-3-inch mulch layers with trees and shrubs; 1 inch in flower beds.
    Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 27 Mar. 2021
  • The garden is full of color – in flower and foliage – in all seasons.
    Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Arrange the nuts in flower shapes and use a hot glue gun to attach them to a moss wreath (our wreath is accented with grapevine).
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Arrange the nuts in flower shapes and use a hot glue gun to attach them to a moss wreath (our wreath is accented with grapevine).
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Over that, the Marry Me star had on a teal cover up covered in flower print, a straw hat and a pair of metallic flip flops.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The students danced so hard that the concrete floor was covered in flower petals from their corsages and boutonnieres by the end of the night.
    Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 May 2021
  • Signs posted in flower beds and around buildings warned students to wear masks.
    Cristina Bolling, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Today, tourist flock to Japan to take part in flower watching parties and witness the beauty of the flowers.
    Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Try a rich purple hue on your front door, then repeat the shade in flower boxes or garden beds.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Purchase and plant strawberry plants this month in your vegetable gardens (or even in flower beds) in full sun with good drainage.
    Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Christina, 39, wore a mostly sheer, form-fitting dress adorned all over in flower appliqués that flowed into a tulle train with a lacy trim.
    Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Deciduous fruit trees like peach, apple, fig and plum should all be in flower and leafing out by now.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Start applications prior to flowering and up until about 50% of the plants are in flower and then stop.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2022
  • Start applications prior to flowering and up until about 50 % of the plants are in flower and then stop.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Start applications prior to flowering and up until about 50% of the plants are in flower, and then stop.
    Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 2 May 2021
  • In winter, the leathery leaves are adorned with cone-like seed pods that are popular in flower arrangements.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 July 2023
  • There was blue-leaved agave in the traffic islands and, lining the streets, the trees of my childhood in Delhi — flamboyant, laburnum, jacaranda — were in flower.
    New York Times, 11 Nov. 2021
  • They are perched amid seven plump oranges, more than a dozen orange blossoms in flower or bud, four honeybees and a tracery of stems and leaves.
    Washington Post, 7 July 2021
  • With sweetly fragrant flowers of yellow, orange, red and even burgundy, many are in flower right now.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The foliage is often used in flower arrangements and corsages.
    Janet Carson, Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2020
  • Pugh has also heard of people having success growing ramps in flower pots.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 May 2021
  • Once grown as a foliage plant with small, light green leaves and somewhat succulent stems, the artillery fern has escaped and shows up in flower beds and container gardens.
    Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Sep. 2021
  • With summer quickly approaching, many of their trees are now in flower, with their lemon and guava tree branches bowing under the weight of their bounty.
    Nicole Sours Larson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The singer's bright orange Dolce & Gabbana ensemble featured a hooded cape covered in flower accents, with her face blooming at the center like the bud of a bouquet.
    Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Many pretty plants will do fine under a large shade tree or in flower beds, hanging baskets, and containers throughout your garden.
    Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 25 May 2022

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