It was moving to see him scattering petals at the cremation site of Mohandas Gandhi, the apostle of nonviolence.

They were apple trees, in full bloom, and they scattered petals on the ground as the breeze stirred them.

The branch sprang back, scattering petals on the grass.

A few weeks later Perdita sat under a jacaranda tree which was scattering purply-blue petals all over the parched brown ground.

"Maybe I'll scatter petals across the floor and tables."

He scattered petals over the coverings, allowing their luscious scent to rise in the air, knowing the heat of their entwined bodies would soon release yet more of the fragrance.

Actually, the magnolia is almost spent, scattering lush canoe-shaped petals, which would make me sad if I didn't have the yellow schoolyard daffodils for comfort.

Yet the flowers spread so thickly that the trail soon lost itself; it seemed like a paper-chase where the hare had scattered coloured petals instead of torn white copy-books.

I tried to conjure an image of April with spring breezes scattering petals from the many cherry trees that dot the temple grounds.

Life and love embodied in radiance and beauty, she danced in front, looking about her with alluring eyes, and scattering petals of dead roses from a basket which she bore.