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Meanings of violets in English
Genus of plants; violets.
Usage of violets in English
1
Such shrinking violets, however, are less and less common among China's affluent.
2
The room was all violets and snow-drops; and his eyes grew soft.
3
The birds and the dandelions and the violets are all my friends.
4
He is like the violets that laugh in spring at the sun.
5
And for the little mother there were the violets and a note:
6
From the folds of the cloak stole the faint perfume of violets.
7
The patch of garden in front was stuffed with wall-flowers and violets.
8
The Nurse herself wore a bunch of violets tucked in her apron-band.
9
The room was a bower of violets and lilies of the valley.
10
The violets and the may-flowers are as its superscriptions and its vignettes.
11
But the violets had made a fearful hole in my thirteen dollars.
12
Joyousness and freedom spread through the hall with the odor of violets.
13
And in under the trees there were millions of violets and crow's-feet.
14
They went to the field on the hill to find some violets.
15
And wherever she went she scattered posies and violets upon the earth.
16
Then to the market for a bunch of violets and an egg.
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Violets through the time
Violets across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common