| Because of this fragility and ephemerality — as well as the flower's intense pinkness — Simun considers the acuta the epitome of floweriness. |
| These wines, in my experience, are so flavoursome that the floweriness plays second fiddle to a refreshing fruity crispness. |
| Even allowing for floweriness of language, that a man could so deeply feel his life ruined and wasted as a result chasing a mathematical proof somehow sets me back in my seat. |
| Andersen's English rambles on, stuffed with speeches that re-create Victorian floweriness but never sound natural. |
| Price is particularly good when the flat cynicism of his speakers works against the slight floweriness or literariness of their language. |
| In this century political speechmaking has tended to favor simplicity and conciseness, rendering Ciceronian floweriness less interesting. |
