How to Use daisy in a Sentence

daisy

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  • The garment featured sharp lapels and a daisy floral motif down the long sleeves, bodice and base of the trenchcoat.
    — Julia Teti, WWD, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Underwood, 41, took the stage at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park in daisy dukes and matching denim knee-high boots.
    — Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Sometimes, the pineapple is shaped like a star and not a daisy.
    — Rachel Sugar, Vox, 29 Nov. 2018
  • During my jog, my shorts felt dry and fresh as a daisy.
    — Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 30 Oct. 2018
  • The daisies, which are native to the Canary Islands, love the sun and good soil drainage.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 4 May 2017
  • One study of a sticky daisy found that these predators were helpful to the plant.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2015
  • This type of marigold tends to resemble a daisy and has a longer stem.
    — Tainaya Nash, House Beautiful, 5 June 2019
  • Afraid of elephants, who could lift a man and pluck his limbs like petals from a daisy.
    — Blair Braverman, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2018
  • While the Big Ten continues to pick petals off a daisy — To play football in the fall?
    — Megan Ryan, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Nyjer is a small, thin, black seed from the African yellow daisy.
    — Outdoor Life, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The 24-inch wreath is full of yellow and orange daisies and pieces of fall foliage.
    — Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2023
  • This tattoo is a take-off on the classic Girl Scout camp tattoo, a daisy on the toe.
    — Lizzy Acker, OregonLive.com, 9 May 2017
  • The crocodile has shark’s teeth, just as the daisy grew an orchid.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Hodge hand-painted the daisy, poppy and wheat on a bit of silk ribbon.
    — Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The whoopsie-daisy look Blair shoots Cage speaks volumes.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Ohio lists 608 species of rare plants, from lakeside daisy to blackjack oak.
    — Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Not a single rose — or carnation or daisy — showed up at the door.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2023
  • This rendition of the bear sports a cowboy hat and grips a wilting daisy.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Next, add a few Gerber daisies, which will act as your face flower.
    — Rebekah Lowin, Country Living, 13 Apr. 2020
  • In the meantime, Jesus remains the keeper of all knowledge about the rock daisy.
    — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • There are lilies and roses, mums, daisies, baby's breath.
    — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 3 July 2018
  • Her breasts are painted over with two pink daisies, which could be read as a bikini or pasties.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The grinning prince stood in a garden full of daisies, close to his father, who wore a gray suit with a pink shirt and brown shoes.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 June 2024
  • The children, dressed in white, clutched yellow-and-blue Ukrainian flags and bouquets of daisies.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2019
  • Buy a glowing daisy necklace, which changes color at some displays, to be a part of the show.
    — Mary Bergin, chicagotribune.com, 5 Dec. 2020
  • An all-over white daisy print makes this short-sleeve, cotton, sky-blue shirt a standout.
    — Kavita Daswani, latimes.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The candle has 45 to 55 hours of burn time and features a delicate daisy pattern on the glass jar.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The ad showed a 3-year-old girl in a New York City park counting petals on a daisy, then cut abruptly to a mushroom cloud.
    — Julia Sonenshein, The New Republic, 27 July 2023
  • White daisies and roses wrapped in a green ribbon stamped with little ducks.
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 13 July 2023
  • For spring, or now, consider DIY daisy doodles for a dose of cheer.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2020

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