amaranthine
Example Sentences
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2019
It is for this crown of amaranthine glory, or blessed eternal salvation, that we are to watch and labor with fear and trembling.
From Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians by Charles Ebert Orr
It is a paradise of secret peace, A glorious land of amaranthine bloom; Where happiness, having fled the world, now dwells In shining gladness.
From Mr. Faust by Arthur Davison Ficke
Thou hast exchanged the frail flowers that decked thy bier for amaranthine hues and fragrance, and the brief and uncertain delights of mortal being for the eternal and perfect felicity of angels!
From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson
It made him jealous to imagine them lost in this amaranthine profundity.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie
