Example Sentences

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Earth, which he had perfumed with his virtues, kept only his body and the fruitful seed of his words.

From The Well of Saint Clare by Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard)

The factory of the theater scattered its heavy ashes and its burning smoke upon the soil, whose flowers in old days had perfumed all Europe.

From Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Cannan, Gilbert

Moreover, she had set on trays of food and fruits and confections and she had perfumed the place with musk and aloes-wood and ambergris.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

And then—and here was the balm that had perfumed all her grief with its sacred aroma—she, Imogen, had been there to fill the emptiness for him.

From A Fountain Sealed by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas

The Italian had put on his handsomest uniform; he had perfumed his black hair, and now shone with the particular brilliancy which dress and toilet bestow upon natural beauty.

From Juana by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott