How to Use water lily in a Sentence

water lily

noun

• The surface of Half Hill Pond is filled with water lilies.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 15 May 2018
• The faint, elusive scent of a nighttime water lily, or the acrid punch of fresh dung.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 22 Mar. 2022
• 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
• In the powder room, crystal wall sconces look like they’re set in water lily leaves.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2020
• Michelle wore a pale-pink blouse stenciled with water lilies.
  — Jesse Barron, Esquire, 23 Aug. 2017
• 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
• There are a lot of wanna-bes out there (sorry, water lilies and calla lilies!).
  — Taylor Murphy, House Beautiful, 14 July 2015
• 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
• 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
• Instead, your dog will smell like water lily and lavender!
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2022
• 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
• The world’s smallest water lily (Nymphaea thermarum) is native to a hot spring in Rwanda.
  — Richard Conniff, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
• Small brown water lily beetles cause holes in water lily leaves.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2024
• The haul also included fossilized water lily seeds and shark and ray teeth.
  — Lucas Joel, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2020
• The native water lily, Nymphaea odorata, looks much like this.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 18 July 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Add aquatic plants such as water lily, bullrush, blue flag iris, arrowhead and sedges.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Biologists have found a new species of giant water lily hiding in plain sight.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2022
• 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
• 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
• The larkspur and water lily also represent those born in July.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• One in five children here are severely malnourished, with mothers forced to feed them water lilies, which grow in the flood waters, to keep their bellies full.
  — Esther Castillejo, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2023
• Riders will be transported to the magical land of the bayou, complete with flowing Spanish moss and water lilies.
  — Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024