Etymology
Origin of skyey
Example Sentences
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The idea of being dashed to pieces in that skyey solitude was somehow more daunting to his spirit than the prospect which he faced indifferently every day—that of being hurled down upon familiar earth.
From Hoof and Claw by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
“Measure for Measure,” iii, I, 9: “servile to all the skyey influences.” his frequent haunts.
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob
And sometimes no special emphasis is apparent, as— Servile to all the skyey influences.
From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin
You fling the golden light of imagination, like a light from heaven, round the object of your adoration; but, in return, the real woman is translated herself to the skyey region of imagination.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
When crumpled poppies strew the halls Of all the East, where mounts the Dawn, And in the eve the skyey lawn Gold kingcups heap 'neath Night's gray walls.
From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.
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