Example Sentences

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The humming-bird, which was raying rubies and emeralds from the hearts of the roses, came and went as softly as the south wind.

From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Banks, Nancy Huston

When I awoke, roused by a long-continued tapping at my door, sunlight was raying in on cornice and bedpost, and birds were singing in the garden.

From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by Cournos, John