Example Sentences

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The yellow daffadowndillies have burst into bloom, and the tiny cupped flowers of crocuses are spreading their pied blankets of white and purple.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Soon the pointed shoots of the playful daffadowndillies will break the frozen ground.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

They were all clad in fine long white albs, with two girts; their hair interwoven with narrow tape and purple ribbon, stuck with roses, gillyflowers, marjoram, daffadowndillies, thyme, and other sweet flowers.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

Clem thrawed them, an’ they floated away to the sea, past daffadowndillies an’ budding lady-ferns an’ such-like.

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden