violets
- plural of violet.
Example Sentences
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“I used to come to the Huntington with my mother when I was a child. She loved to garden, especially African violets, and she passed that love of plants and nature on to me.”
From New York Times • May 8, 2024
Her poems are powerful and dangerous, like violets pushing through concrete to kiss the sun.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2023
“The sagebrush violets there are gorgeous, along with the sagebrush buttercups,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023
You can eat it, though, and it's got a flavor that's been described as redolent of violets.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2023
Sunlight fell in shafts to the forest floor, washing over glades where nettles and papyrus sparkled with wild violets.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
