flower bed

noun

: an area where flowers are planted
wanted a flower bed at the side of the yard

Examples of flower bed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Trailing petunias, with smaller flowers, can be separated by two feet or more and still cover the ground in a flower bed within three weeks. Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 30 Mar. 2024 Paul Newman is parking his Cadillac on Patricia Neal’s flower bed. Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 9 Sep. 2023 Finding just the right trowel or fertilizer seems to be key to a beautiful, blooming (and weed-free!) yard and flower bed. Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2023 Six-foot-tall crosses, representing the victims, were nailed into a flower bed near the entrance. Michael Williams, Dallas News, 8 May 2023 Past a broken entrance window and an overgrown flower bed, a little girl ran around the playground with her parents. Mary Claire Molloy, Washington Post, 9 July 2023 Place them in a flower bed or mix them with a shrub to create an attractive landscape. Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023 An immaculate flower bed bursting with lipstick-pink peonies, exotic lilies, and elegant climbing roses is a beautiful thing to behold. Tim McKeough, ELLE Decor, 5 Apr. 2023 Four members of the Madrigal family — Luisa, Mirabel, Antonio and Isabela — are featured in all their greenery (and bigger than life) in the flower bed near Epcot’s main entrance. Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023

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“Flower bed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flower%20bed. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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