amaranthine
Example Sentences
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2019
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
His private worth was crowned with amaranthine flowers, richer and sweeter than the epic and civic wreaths that decked his brow in the public view of an admiring world.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
No longer can we live without the amaranthine cup.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Omar Khayyam
She settled herself on a wide divan covered with a Bokhara carpet of faded amaranthine hues on which languished great cushions embroidered with spreading palms of dull gold.
From The Child of Pleasure by Georgina Harding
