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Example sentences for "bourgeoning"

Lexicographically close words:
bour; bourde; bourgeois; bourgeoise; bourgeoisie; bourn; bournous; bourreau; bouse; bout
  1. The TREE, so skilfully pruned, in February, must have presented a beautiful appearance, bourgeoning forth, in the middle of May!

  2. Had she been more of a mother, she might have seen cause for anxiety in this fresh bourgeoning of her beauty.

  3. Every throb of true love, however mingled with the foolish and the false, is a bourgeoning of the buds of the life eternal--ah, how far from leaves!

  4. O little buds all bourgeoning with Spring, You hold my winter in forgetfulness; Without my window lilac branches swing, Within my gate I hear a robin sing -- O little laughing blooms that lift and bless!

  5. But perhaps the best service the pasture did us was as a theatre for the dramatization of the bourgeoning social instinct.

  6. Was it not this set of prejudices which for the moment had presented itself in the person of Pauline Mills, which at every turn of my life had been erected against the bourgeoning of my gift?

  7. There was a general bourgeoning of rose-trees in the sun, while the perfume of shy violets was borne far and wide upon the pregnant air.


  8. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bourgeoning" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.