ox-eyed
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ox-eyed
Example Sentences
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She could see over these hedges, across the straggling wreaths of dog-roses and clematis, to the meadows on either hand, where the tall grass, sprinkled with silvery ox-eyed daisies, stood ready for hay.
From Thistle and Rose A Story for Girls by Robert Barnes
The cloud-compelling Jupiters, the ox-eyed Junos, the feather-heeled Mercurys, or the Minervas that leaped full-armed from the thick skull of some imaginary god, are nothing to us.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll
She reminded Richard of a gentle, well-conditioned, sweet-breathed calf staring over a bank among ox-eyed daisies and wild roses.
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Lucas Malet
And now 'tis funny, but 'tis true, Some children young and mazy, Have thought their eyes were used some-wise, To make the ox-eyed daisy!
From Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children by Mrs. E. P. Miller
With wide, unseeing eyes she stared at a patch of green grass in front of her where ox-eyed daisies grew like golden stars.
From Peggy Owen and Liberty by Lucy Foster Madison
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