floridness
Example Sentences
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Frau Lichtenfeld shone in a gown of emerald green, fitting so closely as to enhance her natural floridness.
From The Troll Garden and Selected Stories by Cather, Willa Sibert
In the hot summer light his floridness seemed heavy and bloated, and but for his erect square-shouldered walk he would have looked like an over-fed and over-dressed old man.
From The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith
It was well that Mrs. Dangerfield kept Captain Baster waiting; it gave the purple tinge, which was heightening his floridness somewhat painfully, time to fade.
From The Terrible Twins by Jepson, Edgar
Vasilisa Vasena came every morning at seven o'clock; she was a country-woman of about thirty seven, strong, healthy, red-faced, reminiscent of a July day in her floridness and vigorous health.
From Tales of the Wilderness by Pilniak, Boris
The nave, the choir and chevet, and chapels, are all of a bareness which only exaggerates the floridness of these other appendages.
From The Cathedrals of Northern France by McManus, Blanche
