How to Use water lily in a Sentence
water lily
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The surface of Half Hill Pond is filled with water lilies.
—Peter Marteka, courant.com, 15 May 2018
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The faint, elusive scent of a nighttime water lily, or the acrid punch of fresh dung.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2022
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Off in the distance, the surface of a pond shimmers, its water lilies taking in the last of the summer sun.
—Peter Marteka, courant.com, 6 Sep. 2019
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In the powder room, crystal wall sconces look like they’re set in water lily leaves.
—Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2020
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Michelle wore a pale-pink blouse stenciled with water lilies.
—Jesse Barron, Esquire, 23 Aug. 2017
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There is a smoking monkey at left and a water lily jaguar (with a small jug at the tip of its tail) in the middle.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Sep. 2022
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There are a lot of wanna-bes out there (sorry, water lilies and calla lilies!).
—Taylor Murphy, House Beautiful, 14 July 2015
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The way the chords are placed on the keys (flat-fingered on the black notes) is not so much a vision of reflections, whether trees, clouds or water lilies.
—Stephen Hough, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2018
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When she dolphin-dived in the pool, her wig went one way, floating on the surface like a hirsute water lily.
—Cynthia Greenlee, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2020
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Instead, your dog will smell like water lily and lavender!
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2022
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The forest is home to the 30-acre Great Pond known for its hundreds of water lilies that bloom in the summer like a life-size Monet painting.
—Peter Marteka, courant.com, 10 Sep. 2017
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The world’s smallest water lily (Nymphaea thermarum) is native to a hot spring in Rwanda.
—Richard Conniff, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
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Small brown water lily beetles cause holes in water lily leaves.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2024
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The haul also included fossilized water lily seeds and shark and ray teeth.
—Lucas Joel, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020
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The native water lily, Nymphaea odorata, looks much like this.
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 18 July 2019
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The surface of the clear water is heavily speckled with water lilies blooming in the hot summer sun.
—Peter Marteka, courant.com, 2 Aug. 2019
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On the southern end of the pedestal is an Egyptian lotus, while the northern end features an American water lily.
—Colin Dickey, Longreads, 31 Aug. 2017
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Wochit If this were June, the fragrance of water lilies would drift across the grounds — white, yellow, pink blooms, opening their petals then closing them, taking cues from the sun.
—Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2020
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Manda de Laos: A romantic little restaurant set atop a pond stocked with carp and water lilies.
—Hanya Yanagihara, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2018
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Add aquatic plants such as water lily, bullrush, blue flag iris, arrowhead and sedges.
—Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022
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Depending on the time of day and the season, the color palette of each of his water lily paintings varied according to the sunlight.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 27 July 2022
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With a blend of lotus, gardenia, and water lily, this foundation helps soothe and calm your skin, while smelling amazing.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 13 June 2023
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Chopra's mother, Madhu, who walked her daughter down the aisle, had tuberose, spider lily and water lilies in her arrangement.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
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Climate and the fight of our lives Claude Monet is best known for his stunning depictions of water lilies at his garden in northern France.
—Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2023
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Biologists have found a new species of giant water lily hiding in plain sight.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2022
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Water lilies bloom from May through September, putting July smack in the middle of prime water lily season.
—Claire Harmeyer, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2020
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To be sure, the metaphor breaks down a bit: Our politics is anything but a serene pastel landscape flanked by copious water lilies.
—Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 8 Sep. 2017
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The larkspur and water lily also represent those born in July.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
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The set also includes extra fun details to build, including a red bird in a jungle, a bonsai tree, and water lilies.
—Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
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Later a visitor from the Bonn botanical garden stops by and is stunned to find more than 100 of these tiny water lilies flourishing at Kew.
—Richard Conniff, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
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