windless

Example Sentences

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He felt small and mean and despised, and the talents he had been pluming himself on an hour before had now shrunk to windlestraws.

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John

In a ruthless grip we realize that we are poor windlestraws On the great, sullen, roaring pool of Time.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir

Poor windlestraws On the great, sullen, roaring pool of Time And Chance and Change, I know!

From Poems by Henley, William Ernest

He that is red for windlestraws, should not sleep in lees.

From Collection of Scotch Proverbs by Stampoy, Pappity