How to Use florist in a Sentence

florist

noun
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  • But the smell of flowers points the way to the florists' rooms.
    — Sylvie Corbet, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2018
  • The hole should be just large enough for a small florist's tube.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Soak a piece of florist's foam in water; tuck in the bowl.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The hole should be just large enough for a small florist's tube ($2, Michaels).
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The tea tastes like lilies fresh from the florist and coats your throat like broth.
    — Max Falkowitz, Bon Appétit, 5 May 2022
  • The move instead left in place a state court ruling against the florist.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2022
  • New York City florist Banchet Jaigla has had to raise prices by about 20%.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Talk to your florist about the best value on non-red flowers.
    — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
  • His friend explained that at the end of the week, a florist has to get rid of excess flowers.
    — Tatyana Turner, chicagotribune.com, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Skaneateles’s shops run the gamut from pet boutiques to florists.
    — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2023
  • There are more than 120 pairings, from as many florists, in all.
    — Katy Steinmetz/san Francisco, Time, 17 Mar. 2018
  • To that, the florist shared that the flowers still soak up water through the bottom but more so through the petals.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The unopened note was passed to a florist, who prepared a box of balloons.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
  • That means a local florist is going to be your best bet.
    — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Heck, maybe the local florist’s shop or dry cleaner holds a place in your heart.
    — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • So Wilkins teamed with a local florist to figure how to grow it year-round.
    — Reid Forgrave, Star Tribune, 26 Jan. 2021
  • The wife is a wedding florist and brings me a fresh bouquet of flowers each month.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Make them with faux fur, black foam tubes, and half-sphere wire forms from a florist's supply shop.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The couple still plans to use the same florist and drive to a halfway point the day before the wedding to pick up the flowers.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 4 June 2020
  • Break florist picks in half, sticking half in the bottom of each apple and secure it in the florist foam.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Over the past couple of years, a barber shop, florist and clothing store have moved out.
    — Paul Berger, WSJ, 16 June 2019
  • When the farmer and the florists start talking, beautiful things can happen.
    — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 11 July 2023
  • Capel said a florist tipped him off to the restoration, which was completed a few years ago.
    — Tyler Van Dyke, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
  • The florist carries a lot of expensive items, Works said.
    — Landon Bost, The Enquirer, 14 July 2021
  • There are garden mums, also called hardy mums, and florist mums.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 22 Jan. 2020
  • In the window of a shuttered florist’s, left over from Before: help wanted.
    — Sigrid Nunez, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Gilgeous-Alexander was in full bloom in an outfit that was arranged by a florist.
    — Matt Wyatt, Houston Chronicle, 21 June 2018
  • Out of all the professions available, Lily Blossom Bloom wants to be a florist.
    — Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Lively’s character, a florist named Lily Blossom Bloom, says the title of the film out loud … twice.
    — Coleman Spilde, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Another great partnership could be between a florist and a local spa.
    — Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024

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