Masterpieces are not completed, they are abandoned.

The welcoming rite — referred to as a wiccaning, a saining, or a paganing — serves a threefold purpose

The flowers breathed a heady perfume.

I'd acquiesced gracefully, wondering wickedly what it would take to get him to ditch the board shorts for a banana hammock. The man would look mouthwateringly delicious in a Speedo.