creeping plant

Example Sentences

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Nothing was too insignificant for Frigg to ask, save only the mistletoe, a creeping plant that lives on other trees.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

The builder of houses doeth his work with difficulty; he is exposed to all weathers, and he must cling to the walls which he is building like a creeping plant.

From The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir

There was in my sister Honora's garden a pretty creeping plant, new at that time, covered with little trumpet-like flowers.

From Chopin and Other Musical Essays by Finck, Henry Theophilus

Making Arms I tried first of all a very thin strand of a creeping plant, but though that was tough enough, it was not at all elastic, so that I gave that up at once.

From Palm Tree Island by Strang, Herbert

You see," replied his wife, winding her arm round his like a tender creeping plant round a sturdy oak, "if you slay, I must die also.

From The Day of Wrath by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)