Halcyone
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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His wife was the fair Halcyone, daughter of Æolus, ruler of the winds, and most perfectly did this king and queen love one another.
From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen
And for evermore Halcyone and her mate, known as the Halcyon birds, defied the storm and tempest, and proudly breasted, side by side, the angriest waves of the raging seas.
From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen
So the king bade Halcyone farewell and stepped on board and quickly pushed off.
From Stories of Birds by Mulets, Lenore Elizabeth
Halcyone whimpered in her sleep as she looked on him, and Morpheus stooped over her and spoke the words that he had been told to say.
From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen
There had been that wedding trip in the Halcyone, to begin with.
From The Whirligig of Time by Williams, Wayland Wells
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