Example Sentences

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Here we meet crowds of pilgrims enjoying the beautiful groves with old trunks of trees covered with camellias, wisterias, plum and wild ivy, which are the marvels of the place.

From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Hunt, Eleonora

Esperance rose up quickly, wrapping a robe of blue Japanese crêpe embroidered in pink wisterias about her, and gracefully fastened up her hair.

From The Idol of Paris by Bernhardt, Sarah

Under the elm trees along the Mall the air was purple as wisterias.

From Youth and the Bright Medusa by Cather, Willa Sibert

Along the northeastern side of the Mall, and elevated about twenty feet above it, is a rustic bower of iron trellis work, over which are trained wisterias, honeysuckle, and rose vines. 

From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney

And through the tangle of what once must have been a splendid orchard, they caught a glimpse of white walls overgrown with a mad profusion of wild roses, wisterias and columbines.

From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan