lent lily

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noun

another name for the daffodil

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Words nearby lent lily

lentil, lentil cut, lentisk, lentissimo, lentivirus, lent lily, lento, lentoid, Lent term, Lenya, Lenz's law

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How to use lent lily in a sentence

Like Lent, the season of Advent was a period of reflection and fasting, and items such as dairy and sugar were forbidden.
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Lily Allen explained away the poor sales and ho-hum critical reception to Sheezus by…basically blaming other people.
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Shortly thereafter, T.I. lent his first post-incarceration verse to a remix of “Magic.”
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One person who tuned into my story was Matt Creed, the director of Lily.
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Tiger Lily and her tribe, however, were outfitted in semi-realistic outfits (read: nearly naked).
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Anselme, thus enjoined, lent an unwonted alacrity to his movements, waddling grotesquely like a hastening waterfowl.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
The action was at first a little confusing to Edna, but she soon lent herself readily to the Creole's gentle caress.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
This stubborn resistance lent all the more lustre to the piety of our benignant Rulers.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
This misfortune gave another opportunity to his detractors, and again the Emperor lent his authority to their false accusations.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Meanwhile Fleurette had her nourishing food, and grew more like the ghost of a lily every day.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke