Then he smiled at her, the smile like a flower unfolding slowly to the sun.

At that moment a great soundless flower of fire unfolded behind them.

Its touch laid open the petals of his mind like a flower unfolding in the sun.

For Rose, it was like watching a flower unfold, showing new and endless possibilities.

The knife flashed and the skin of the pineapple came away like a flower unfolding.

Maybe you can spend an hour watching a flower unfold, but that's a considerable portion of my life.

Azhrarn said, "One bright flower has unfolded in the east."

They start to open in mid-May on 12- to 18-inch stems and hold for three weeks, with new flowers unfolding as old ones fade.

But for the first time since 1978, the flowers will unfold in the sunlight without Olga's coaxing.

She was content to live, an opening person like a flower perpetually unfolding into fragrant blossom.