Example Sentences

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See her apple-cheeks, her eyes like blue myosotis, her lips—poppy-petals, and her ivy-like grace!

From Barks and Purrs by Colette

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 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

The love that ivy-like an ancient land doth cherish, It grows not in a day, nor in a year doth perish.

From An Anthology of Australian Verse by Stevens, Bertram

His ivy-like nature wanted a strong buttress upon which to lean; and Eleonore of Provence was neither stronger nor more stable than himself.

From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Holt, Emily Sarah