amaranthine
Example Sentences
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2019
Ah! is Thy love indeed A weed, albeit an amaranthine weed, Suffering no flowers except its own to mount?
From Charred Wood by J. Clinton Shepherd
No longer can we live without the amaranthine cup.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam
Thou hast exchanged the frail flowers that decked thy bier for amaranthine hues and fragrance, and the brief and uncertain delights of mortal being for the eternal and perfect felicity of angels!
From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson
But Love is the elastic, all-embracing band, which, wreathed with amaranthine flowers, endures when time shall be no more!
From Aunt Mary by Mrs. Perring
