Wondering how to use Lilac in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as lavender or chromatic.
Lilac meaning
- A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers.
- A flower of the lilac shrub.
- A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.
Using Lilac
- The main meaning on this page is: A large shrub of the genus Syringa, especially Syringa vulgaris, bearing white, pale-pink, or purple flowers. | A flower of the lilac shrub. | A pale purple color, the color of some lilac flowers.
- Useful related words include: lavender, lilac-colored, chromatic, shrub.
- In the example corpus, lilac often appears in combinations such as: and lilac, the lilac, lilac and.
Context around Lilac
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lilac
- In this selection, "lilac" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, california, bar, toe, solutions, ridge and opened stand out and add context to how "lilac" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a stunning lilac latex dress and accessories in lilac bubblegum and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lilac" sits close to words such as abbie, abort and adf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lilac
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She was a vision in lilac. (6 words)
Lilac Festival unofficially kicks off summer in Calgary. (8 words)
On the occasion, Shakira opted to wear an all-lilac ensemble. (11 words)
In California, she’s been enjoying the “lovely, flowing lilac” of the jacaranda blossom and the “vibrant pink” of its papery bougainvillea, which she admires for “pushing through and thriving” even among the skyscrapers of downtown LA. (37 words)
Dressed in a colour coordinated outfit featuring splashes of pink, lilac and orange, it was very apparent that 22-year-old Anna Hodge from Lancashire knows a thing or two about vintage. (32 words)
She also has plans to develop a piece of the farm into a picnic space surrounded by lilac bushes, and with a barbecue and eating space visitors can use. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Lake uses ion exchange extraction technology, from Lilac Solutions Inc in California ("Lilac"), who has earned a 20% interest into the Kachi Project.
A calf peers out from her stall at Lilac Ridge Farm in West Brattleboro.
After it became an instant hit, its sustainably-minded sister, restaurant and wine bar Lilac opened a year later.
But all Twitter can talk about, naturally, is Katy Perry’s head to toe lilac outfit (complete with gigantic Vivienne Westwood choker).
Consider it the lilac scent wafting from an elderly aunt’s stationery.
Curious, I stepped into my local Michaels and was greeted by walls of accessories in lilac, bubblegum, and cornflower blue.
Dressed in a colour coordinated outfit featuring splashes of pink, lilac and orange, it was very apparent that 22-year-old Anna Hodge from Lancashire knows a thing or two about vintage.
For context, patients continued and completed LILAC over a span of several years.
Here, she dons a lilac silk maxi dress that flatters her feminine silhouette.
In California, she’s been enjoying the “lovely, flowing lilac” of the jacaranda blossom and the “vibrant pink” of its papery bougainvillea, which she admires for “pushing through and thriving” even among the skyscrapers of downtown LA.
Lilac Festival unofficially kicks off summer in Calgary.
Mike looked relaxed and tan in a pair of white trousers he accessorised with a lilac linen jacket.
On the occasion, Shakira opted to wear an all-lilac ensemble.
Phyna, who was dressed in a lilac-coloured outfit that covered her hair, was pictured standing to one side of the Governor, with his wife to the other.
She also has plans to develop a piece of the farm into a picnic space surrounded by lilac bushes, and with a barbecue and eating space visitors can use.
She also modelled a stunning lilac latex dress in an Eighties-inspired shoot.
She was a vision in lilac.
She wore a beautiful and modern-looking white and lilac lehenga set.
The district is also home to a lithium manufacturing plant from Lilac Solutions because of the infrastructure law.
The House ways and means committee also summoned officials of Flava and DenKat Trading, namely Gen Vincent Fabro and Lilac Tayaban of Flava, and Dennis Rostata of Denkat.
Common combinations with lilac
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and lilac 9×
- the lilac 8×
- lilac and 8×
- lilac solutions 5×
- in lilac 5×
- lilac festival 3×
- lilac bushes 3×
- lilac city 3×
- or lilac 3×
- from lilac 2×