befringed

Example Sentences

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Where last night had been a hill, to-morrow would be a rushing river, befringed with mimosa, whose odour had been sweet on the breeze all the day before.

From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Stockley, Cynthia

He looked down on the plump, ungainly figure, and, without feeling either satisfaction or repugnance, stooped and kissed the befringed forehead.

From Maurice Guest by Richardson, Henry Handel

With her head hatless, her short Irish homespun skirt displaying much blue stocking which exactly matched her silk sweater and her large befringed eyes, she made a fascinating opponent and companion.

From The Sins of the Children A Novel by Hamilton, Cosmo

Boldly going up to befeathered and befringed chieftains, he offered them knives, hatchets, or strings of silvery beads.

From The Spirit of the Border by Grey, Zane

It was as a boy that she treated me; but, on looking at that befringed young Spanish Don—who was not, apparently, my elder in age—she had recognised a man.

From John Bull on the Guadalquivir by Trollope, Anthony