How to Use four-leaf clover in a Sentence

four-leaf clover

noun
  • These include a kissy face, a four-leaf clover, a heart, and a peace sign.
    WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The symbol of the foundation is a four-leaf clover, with one of the leaves being a duck’s foot.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 May 2023
  • The video ends with Haynes, now an old man, sitting on the same bench holding a four-leaf clover.
    Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
  • Your chance of finding a four-leaf clover is one in every ten thousand.
    Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 23 July 2021
  • The packages of cocaine were pasted with the Batman logo and images of a black four-leaf clover.
    Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Adele was also seen wearing a stack of three four-leaf clover Van Cleef & Arpels bracelets, worth $4,000 each, with a set of rings on the fourth finger of her left hand.
    Amanda Taylor, PEOPLE.com, 24 July 2022
  • Florida State needs a lucky rabbit’s foot, a four-leaf clover or a horseshoe.
    Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Arizona has won two straight against the Dodgers and Bumgarner's four-leaf clover can propel them to a victory tonight as well.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2022
  • One more historically lucky discovery was a four-leaf clover pressed in a book from the 1800s.
    Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2022
  • So grab your lucky four-leaf clover and head to one of Louisville's best Irish pubs to sip green beer, indulge in some fish and chips or just mingle with friends to keep your Irish eyes smiling.
    Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2022
  • By appearance, the microbe seemed to be Sarcina ventriculi, which looks a bit like a four-leaf clover and is ubiquitous in water and soil around the world.
    Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2021
  • Relief pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura has an intricate pattern in the pocket of his Mizuno, and a four-leaf clover on the back.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2021
  • The nurse who examined her in the emergency room swabbed the small four-leaf clover pendant dangling from the broken chain before giving it to police as evidence.
    Hannah Dreyfus, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The four-leaf clover is a favored emblem for Grain that represents both an organic, yet architectural form.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Rather than numbers, a total of 31 emojis — including a four-leaf clover, a peace sign, a Rolex coronet or the heart shown here — are seen in the date window at 3 o’clock, surrounded by indices in multicolored baguette-cut sapphires.
    Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Apr. 2023

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