poppied
Americanadjective
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covered with poppies
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of or relating to the effects of poppies, esp in inducing drowsiness or sleep
Etymology
Origin of poppied
Example Sentences
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Of course, even after that, the illusion of choice remains – you, player from another land, can choose to opt out of wearing the poppied strip.
From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2018
Existence passes away in a tropical dream, and death finds its prey, as Jupiter found Maia, "betwixt sleep and wake," in this poppied climate.
From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James
From Exile Call to me, call to me, fields of poppied wheat!
From England over Seas by Roberts, Lloyd
From thy poppied sleep awake; From they golden dreams arise; Earth and seas new colors take, Love-light dawns in rosy skies, Weird night's fantastic shadows are outworn; Why tarriest thou, oh, sister to the morn?
From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Lazarus, Emma
Behind us our trail was marked by deep, black pits in the forest's green, clean cut and great as the Mark upon the poppied valley.
From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham
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