frostwork

Example Sentences

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As frostwork disappears in the sunshine, so his brave resolutions vanished when her arm reached across his shoulder, and the ribbon that tied her beads fluttered against his cheek.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various

All is contained in that one sob, in which the whole frostwork of these weary months breaks up and rolls away, swept before the strong flood.

From The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander

Fir and hemlock of a century's growth," he says, "met overhead and formed an archway, radiant with frostwork.

From Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea by Brayman, James O.

For a good many years we have been tied to town in winter by fetters as fine as frostwork filigree, which we could not break without destroying a whole world of endearment.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

A red rash, with the pattern of frostwork on a Minnesota windowpane in January, was across his lean, handsome face.

From The Planet Strappers by Gallun, Raymond Z.