ANEMONE in a Sentence

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For ANEMONE, below is one of 4 sentences:
The first windflowers were out, and all the wood seemed pale with the pallor of endless little anemones, sprinkling the shaken floor.

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 Meanings and Examples of ANEMONE
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anemone
 n.  marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
 n.  any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
Classic Sentence:
1  The first windflowers were out, and all the wood seemed pale with the pallor of endless little anemones, sprinkling the shaken floor.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
2  How cold the anemones looked, bobbing their naked white shoulders over crinoline skirts of green.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
3  I had been restless, dreaming most disagreeably that I was drowned, and that sea anemones were feeling over my face with their soft palps.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In V
4  Her bosom was uncovered, and between her breasts she had a beautiful bouquet of tulips, roses, anemones, ranunculus, hyacinths, and auriculas.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXVIII
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