I see it's on the program that you're to sell a quarter's worth of violets and a smile, for five dollars a throw at the boutonniere booth.
Fred placed the boutonniere without comment in the button-hole of his coat, and they went up the broad path to the house.
Were Paul in Philadelphia or Miss Lura here, I am sure there would be no need for me to make a boutonniere for him; but she has gone to purchase her trousseau.
Here is yours, Cousin Fred," she said, holding the boutonniere toward him.
Will you make a boutonniere for me to wear this evening?
Elastic twenty-seven does not mark a bedless session with violet arcs below its eyes;--what violet a witch had used upon Stewart Canby this morning appeared as a dewey boutonniere in the lapel of his new coat; he was that far gone.
The violet boutonniere and the white carnation went somewhat reluctantly up the aisle together, and, after a last glance back at the stage from the doorway, found themselves in the colder air of the lobby, a little wilted.
As nearly all mats come with an even number of designs in the edge, it is much easier to arrange the boutonniere if the row of flowers next the mat contains an even number also.
Bulstrode took the boutonniere out of his coat lapel and handed it to her.
He picked up the dainty boutonniere of pale sweet violets, and looked at it, while a frown darkened his countenance, as though he recognized some plenipotentiary pleading for fealty to a sacred compact.
Since their betrothal, he had claimed the privilege of sending the flowers she wore, on special occasions, and she had invariably expressed her appreciation through the dainty lips of a boutonniere arranged by her own fingers.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "boutonniere" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: bouquet; buttonhole; corsage; drapery; festoon; garland; nosegay; posy; spray; wreath
