flower of life
Example Sentences
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Look at the flower of life as one such metaphor.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2014
After a time came rebellion and reckless grasping after life or what bore the semblance and wore the red flower of life, careless whether�nay, even glad if its heart were poisoned.
From Time Magazine Archive
More gladness have I, herewithin, Of flower of life, and noble name, Than all men in the world might win, Who thought their righteous deeds to name.
From The Pearl by Jewett, Sophie
You will remember that Crawford's Immortals appear at Sorrento where Lady Brenda and Augustus and Gwendolyn Chard are enjoying the fine flower of life.
From Confessions of a Book-Lover by Egan, Maurice Francis
Religion, that flower of life, has its root neither in the vague dreams of the rustic, nor in the naked formulas of the philosopher, but in noble, unpretending acts.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob
