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 Orr, Charles Ebert

They led the little one to amaranthine bowers, and wreathed around his temples the flowers that never fade.

From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)

There in amaranthine glory I will sit at Jesus' feet; There I'll sing the sweet old story As I walk the golden street.

From Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians by Orr, Charles Ebert

Ah! is Thy love indeed     A weed, albeit an amaranthine weed,     Suffering no flowers except its own to mount?

From Charred Wood by Shepherd, J. Clinton