1.   It could be cherry blossom petals or autumn leaves or slush and snow.

2.   Neither did the cherry blossoms, which were in full bloom when we arrived.

3.   The sickly-sweet smell of sewage from leaking pipes mingles with the scent of fresh cherry blossom.

4.   The village gardens are a mass of pink and white cherry blossom.

5.   When they thinned out he headed for the cherry blossoms, then magnolia, chinaberry, pecan, walnut and prickly pear.

6.   The cherry blossom came out early in Washington this year.

7.   Ampersands litter the landscape like the cherry blossoms of spring.

8.   And cherry blossoms filled the air like a pink, glittery haze, sweeping the ground in a storm of delicate confetti.

9.   As the cherry blossoms shimmered in the sun on Friday, the capital was in a black tizzy.

10.   At the other side of the room is an ohka, or cherry blossom plane, also used for kamikaze attacks.