Example Sentences

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When she learns of the previous seven wives, she treats him to six months of honeyless honeymooning.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Cassius comes to the rescue: Cassius: Antony, The posture of your blows are yet unknown, But, for your words, they rob the Hybla bees And leave them honeyless.

From The Rising of the Court by Lawson, Henry

But for your words, they rob the Hybla bees, And leave them honeyless.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

Antony, The posture of your blows are yet unknown; But for your words, they rob the Hybla bees, And leave them honeyless.

From Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, William

I am seeking for a strange lonely white flower; Its petals are honeyless; and in the wind it is still.

From Goblins and Pagodas by Fletcher, John Gould