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• I was set on developing a lilac enfleurage from my own shrub.2024 May 10, Lily Stewart, “A love letter to lilacs and the joys of fleeting pleasure”, in The Christian Science Monitor. From the entry enfleurage
• It's black with a sporty pattern of lilac stripes down the sides.2021, Nina Mingya Powles, Small Bodies of Water. From the entry sporty
• They could hardly see me behind an enormous bunch of lilacs.2015, Sulkhan Zhordania, “In the Beginning Was the Fist”, in The Asylum Seeker, Berlin: Pro BUSINESS, →ISBN, page 35. From the entry babulia
• Bundles of letters written on blue or lilac notepaper in scrabbly foreign writing were stuffed into Mr.2012, Stella Gibbons, The Rich House, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry scrabbly
• The stunning material, a deep raspberry rose color, shone lilac purple where it caught the light.2006, Karen J. Hasley, Lily's Sister, page 71. From the entry raspberry rose
• Around the courthouse, things are simply “mauvelous,” as in a purple, violet or lilac color.1987, John F. Nichols, “Clark County Report”, in Washington State Bar News, volume 41, Washington State Bar Association, page 35. From the entry mauvelous
• All was still and Sundayfied; the lilacs in full flower scented the air.1921, John Galsworthy, To Let. From the entry Sundayfied
• Check out the flower power on Mackinac Island in June when the island lights up with millions of lilac blooms.2015 April 3, Rosemary McClure, “Michigan: Flower power at Mackinac Island's Lilac Festival”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.…. From the entry Mackinac Island
• Stotz, who worked as a clerk in a Williamsport lumberyard, stumbled over a lilac bush and scraped his ankle.2007 July 20, Dave Caldwell, “Williamsport, Pa.: Home of True Small Ball”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022. From the entry Williamsport
• Even my apple trees and lilacs grew spready.1944, Emily Carr, “Attic Eagles”, in The House of All Sorts. From the entry spready
• I peeped between the stalky parts of the Lindsays’ lilacs.1942, Emily Carr, “From Carr Street to James’ Bay”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC. From the entry stalky
• The LGD medium appeared to be unsuitable for lilac vitroplant culture, resulting in yellow aerial parts, less than 5 mm in height.2000, A. C. Cassells, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Methods and Markers for Quality Assurance in Micropropagation, page 214. From the entry vitroplant
• I took Paulette’s bouquet from the carton—a loose-stemmed spray of delphinia, coquette roses, white lilacs and Queen Anne’s lace—and placed it in her arms.1992, Elinor Lipman, The Way Men Act, Pocket Books, page 196. From the entry delphinia
• Lurching bolt upright, the room spinning in all its lilac horrificness, I remembered Tioman, and the flight that was booked – the daily flight, the only flight.2016, Rosie Blake, chapter 15, in How to Find Your (First) Husband, London: Corvus, →ISBN, page 129. From the entry horrificness

Meaning of lilac

1. noun A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.
2. noun A flower of the lilac shrub.
3. noun A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.

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How do you use lilac in a sentence?

Lilac is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “I was set on developing a lilac enfleurage from my own shrub.”

What is a short sentence with lilac?

“Even my apple trees and lilacs grew spready.”

What does lilac mean?

Lilac means a large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.