amaranthine
Example Sentences
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019
A consciousness that strews roses in the path of youth and age—not ‘the perfume and suppliance of a moment,’ but those amaranthine flowers that exhale incense to Heaven.
From The Travellers A Tale. Designed for Young People. by Sedgwick, Catharine Maria
We are not in a hurry, because the crown we are seeking is amaranthine, unfading.
From Our Lady Saint Mary by Barry, J. G. H.
Robes by earthly dust unsullied—crowns of amaranthine flowers, Every bright celestial glory—wedded to the gods, enjoy.
From Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems by Milman, Henry Hart
It made him jealous to imagine them lost in this amaranthine profundity.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
