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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A deceitful day that makes one think of lilacs and daffodils, before blasting you with another cannonade of winter.
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Crocuses came and went, the apple trees exploded, lilacs drenched the air, summer came with its visitors and boarders.
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Gold chrysanthemums spilled from ceramic pots; lilacs and cherry blossoms flicked clusters of light into our garden.
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Great creamy clusters of white lilac fringed the parking lot and tulips blew behind allotment wire.
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He was waiting while his vivid red roses were wrapped in the distinctive lilac and silver paper.
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In San Francisco, lilacs are a sure-fire conversation stopper.
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The particular quality of the light in the early mornings, lilacs after rain, the scents of spring.
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When she went to bring in the mail, though, and found the mailbox full of lilacs, her heart flooded.