Example Sentences

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Is the Soul of Japan so frailly mortal?

From Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Nitobe, Inazo

He looked at her hands—so white, so transparent, so frailly beautiful; and over them he bent his head, touching them with his lips.

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton

The "Turkish Patrol" was what Ada played, and then, "Who Is Sylvia?" and sang it, as frailly as a bird.

From The Vertical City by Hurst, Fannie

So purely, so palely, Tinily, surely, Mightily, frailly, Insculped and embossed, With His hammer of wind, And His graver of frost.'

From New Poems by Thompson, Francis

The fleur-de-lis, Blue, streaked with crystal like a summer day, The monkey-flower and the touch-me-not, All frailly scented and familiar as Fair baby faces and soft infant eyes.

From One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue by Cawein, Julius Madison