Example Sentences

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Kew expert Tuula Niskanen found two of the Scottish species, including Cortinarius aurae, which she named after her daughter, Aura.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2020

War banners rustled from cedar ceiling beams as aurae blew back and forth, keeping everyone’s plates full.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Just for a moment, one of the aurae became visible—an elfin girl in a white silk dress.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

There was much talk of aurae at that time, and Fred mused that every beautiful, every compellingly beautiful woman, had an aura, whether other people did or no.

From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert

Parce tuo jam, bruma ferox, � parce furori, Pone animos; � pacatae da spiritus aurae, Afflatu leniore gravem demulceat annum.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard