ivy-like
- a word derived from ivy.
Example Sentences
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The prettiest and most piquant of these in appearance are the brilliant little Hepaticas, crowding up in sparkling companies from the midst of their dark ivy-like leaves, and looking more like gems than flowers.
From Mirror of the Months by Patmore, Peter George
This happened again in September; and fear took hold of her, for Betty had, ivy-like, twined herself very closely round Victoria's heart of oak.
From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel
Sigh for the heart that powerless all to save, Sees its sweet treasure gulph'd in sorrow's streams; And joys that ivy-like around it clave, Nipp'd of their blossoms, shorn of their warm beams!
From Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems by Cassels, Walter Richard
The leaflets are also somewhat ivy-like in form.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
The love that ivy-like around a home-land lingers, With soft embrace of breast and green, caressive fingers, We are too young to know.
From An Anthology of Australian Verse by Stevens, Bertram
