amaranthine
Example Sentences
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2019
His manly brow was decked with epic laurels that can never lose their amaranthine freshness whilst patriotic fire glows or history endures.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
He still stalks through the popular imagination with his Spanish hat and cloak, his amaranthine locks, his finely-frenzied eyes, and his Alastor-like forgetfulness of his meals.
From Prose Fancies by Richard Le Gallienne
We are not in a hurry, because the crown we are seeking is amaranthine, unfading.
From Our Lady Saint Mary by J. G. H. Barry
See how the angelic guards point with amaranthine wands afar, where glows, beyond the vale of tears, the Mountain of Immortal Life.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
