Example Sentences

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It was pleasant now to sit on his own doorstep and smell the delicate perfume of the roses and the balsamy odors from the woods behind.

From Poor Man's Rock by Johnson, Frank Tenney

Behind the station the balsamy copse of young firs was frost-misted.

From Rilla of Ingleside by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

The red light between the boughs made brilliant carpet patterns on the thick pine needles and the smell was balsamy and sweet.

From Keziah Coffin by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

It was a pretty road, running along between snug farmsteads, with now and again a bit of balsamy fir wood to drive through or a hollow where wild plums hung out their filmy bloom.

From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

Beyond that there was a lane between ranks of young, balsamy, white-misted firs and then an open pasture field, sere and crispy.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)