Fragrant blooms

Usage examples of lilacs.

The first to arrive, however, was an uninvited guest, for just as Bab and Betty sat down on the porch steps, in their stiff pink calico frocks and white ruffled aprons, to repose a moment before the party came in, a rustling was heard among the lilacs, and out stepped Alfred Tennyson Barlow, looking like a small Robin Hood, in a green blouse with a silver buckle on his broad belt, a feather in his little cap and a bow in his hand.

Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott TO EMMA, IDA, CARL, AND LINA, Over The Sea, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY THEIR NEW FRIEND AND SISTER, L.

This one was done in lilacs and blues, with large wicker chairs whose cushions matched the draperies and quilt, a king-size four-poster with the trademark stuffed frogs squatting near the pillow, and an oversized, glassed-in Jacuzzi standing in clear sight.

Karen, asked how she was, remarked about the lilacs nearing bloom, and, with a salute, continued on toward the Tannenwald house.

Up at dawn, she brought several of the first lilacs inside to perfume her kitchen.

A gentle breeze moved through the city and the lilacs around Lionkeep bloomed.

The Frontier Bar was still closed: butterflies danced nervously in the air, zigzagging across the road, and on the other side of the dirt area some big yellow swallowtails were sucking nectar from flowering lilacs beside the Pilar Cafe.

The two houses were well separated in those days by ghostly old lilacs and springy untrained stands of spirea.

She stood, absently delighting in the fragrance of pifion smoke mingling with that of lilacs and roses.

In a spasm, half awake, still asleep, he grabbed his pillow, burying his head in its softness, and, maybe because it smelled of lilacs, he clenched it tightly.

The scent of lilacs floated to Mike in a wave that colored his night with way too many bittersweet memories.

When she kicked off her high heels, the scent of lilacs wafted on the air.