flower-bedecked

The worn but spit-shined sanctuary is silent this weekday morning and the life-size statues of La Virgen de Guadalupe and St. Jude, aglow in shadowy candlelight, gaze benevolently out of their gaudy, flower-bedecked encasements.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

After all, we can easily arrange to sit far from our exes, across the flower-bedecked aisle, so as not to roil the festive day.

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off 2009

After all, we can easily arrange to sit far from our exes, across the flower-bedecked aisle, so as not to roil the festive day.

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off 2009

After all, we can easily arrange to sit far from our exes, across the flower-bedecked aisle, so as not to roil the festive day.

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off 2009

After all, we can easily arrange to sit far from our exes, across the flower-bedecked aisle, so as not to roil the festive day.

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off 2009

Semidarkness enveloped me as worshippers kissed the flower-bedecked idol of a cow.

India’s New Face 2009

Semidarkness enveloped me as worshippers kissed the flower-bedecked idol of a cow.

India’s New Face 2009

Beginning with an endearingly awkward but impressive rendering of a statuette in the Ruiz y Picasso family apartment by the 9-year-old Pablo and ending with a group of authoritative heads of pneumatic goddesses in modish, flower-bedecked hats by the acclaimed 40-year-old modern master, the instructive selection mixes well-known emblems of Picasso's achievement with seldom seen, often revealing examples, many of them from private collections.

Portrait of a Restless Artist as a Young Man Karen Wilkin 2011

The words from the flower-bedecked podium were a study of diametrically opposed views in Iran.

Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010

To make sure there was no mistake about it, he inserted a flower-bedecked hippie peace symbol into the preamble of Nazi Shrunken Heads, over which he says he wishes “only good vibes” to the Jews of the world.

The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010