Peachie held the roses out to Mom, who buried her face in them.

The Tamil came and held the roses to them, but his eyes made no contact with theirs.

Charlotte held the roses with one arm and him with the other as they entered the main dining room.

I still held the roses, and as I left the church I decided to lay them on some grave in the churchyard.

He unsheathed his knife, and, sinking upon his knees, began leisurely to sever the threads that held the roses to the leather.

The color was still in her cheeks, the light in her eyes, and she still held the roses with which Sparrow had heaped her arms.