abloom
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of abloom
Example Sentences
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As the day began, the abbey buzzed with excitement and was abloom with fragrant flowers and colorful hats.
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2023
As guests arrived, the church buzzed with excitement and was abloom with fragrant flowers and colorful hats.
From Washington Times • May 6, 2023
No one wanted this rare thing abloom in the dusk to end.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2023
“This has a pretty good mix,” he said, taking in the tennis courts, playground equipment and pretty plantings, including a red bud tree abloom.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2018
The fact is, as Arlo Bates says, “the villains no longer steal through smiling gardens whose snowy lilies, all abloom, and sending up perfume like incense from censers of silver, seem to rebuke the wicked.”
From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)
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