verdancy

Example Sentences

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Would the sudden and glorious verdancy of television soon by clipped into submission by cryptic algorithms and shoved into an entrance-fee-demanding hot house where myriad species competed to the death for air and sun?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023

“Liebesfrühling” turns the metaphor of spring inside out, locating in its verdancy memories that cause anguish, as Gerhaher’s voice rises to a pained pitch suffused with light.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022

The brightness and pungency of the pepper-laced tomato sauce, the chew of the pasta, the verdancy of the fresh parsley — it's all as fresh as a daisy.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2021

This once-arid expanse is now coated with such bright-green verdancy that it reminded me of Ireland.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2015

This member of a well-known family of early spring flowers is desirable, for its neat habit and verdancy.

From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by Wood, John