rose-petals

In imagination he dared to think of her lips on his, and so vividly did he imagine that he went dizzy at the thought and seemed to rift through clouds of rose-petals, filling his brain with their perfume.

Chapter 5 2010

In Girl and Ship No. 8 there were more rose-petals floating between the rowboat and the Perse.

Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008

Mental note - pick rose-petals, buy candles... get a new GP...

A male MD instructs me on the "correct" form of female masturbation Elizabeth McClung 2007

Her face too was fresh in colour, but it was of a totally different quality — soft and evanescent, like the light under a heap of rose-petals.

Wessex Tales 2006

Venus led us through the roaring mêlée and through a side door into a cooler, darkened room that smelled of rose-petals.

The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

Venus led us through the roaring mêlée and through a side door into a cooler, darkened room that smelled of rose-petals.

The Vesuvius Club Mark Gatiss 2004

A handful of rose-petals pressed against each shoe, a breath of magic and a muttered charm-and the square-toed, worn brown leather was magically transmuted to a pair of the most delicate silk slippers Eleanor had ever seen, with pink stockings that matched the gown taking the place of the much-darned cotton stockings she had been wearing.

Phoenix And Ashes Lackey, Mercedes 2004

Hair, the promise of a pale face powdered with freckles was fulfilled: her skin was white as milk from top to toe, and velvety as rose-petals to the touch.

Growing Pains 2003

Gums, powders, roots, glass phials, branches of filipendula, and rose-petals were scattered about everywhere, and the scents were stifling in spite of the cloud-wreaths from the styrax shrivelling on a brazen tripod in the centre.

Salammbo 2003

They raised their arms and cheered, throwing white rose-petals in the street, so many the cobblestones looked mantled in snow.

Chosen Of The Gods Pierson, Chris 2001