paly
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of paly
Example Sentences
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A former top prospect who starred at Santa Ana Mater Dei, McCoy was expected to paly a major role on USC’s offense this season after a turbulent start to his tenure at the school.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2021
The royal street he traversed, where Incense of aloe filled the air, Where rose high palaces, that vied With paly clouds, on either side; With flowers of myriad colours graced.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
The moon too quaffs her paly stream Of lustre, from the solar beam.
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael
Two families bear bends; but not one paly.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
He himself made a picture, paly gold of locks, subtle and quick of face, plastered against a blue shield with a willow wreath going around.
From 1492 by Johnston, Mary
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