DAISY in a Sentence

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For DAISY, below is one of 18 sentences:
In the little garden the double daffodils rose in tufts, near the wide-open door, and red double daisies made a border to the path.

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 Meanings and Examples of DAISY
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daisy
 n.  any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  Lord Henry smiled, and leaning down, plucked a pink-petalled daisy from the grass and examined it.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
2  "Yes; she is a peacock in everything but beauty," said Lord Henry, pulling the daisy to bits with his long nervous fingers.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
3  "Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one," said the young lord, plucking another daisy.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
4  It is a simple daisy, just bursting out of the bud.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SHOES OF FORTUNE
5  The daisy of the field, at sunrise, is not fresher than you are.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
6  Bound our wrists with daisy chains together.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 9
7  Laurie obediently threw himself down on the turf, and began to amuse himself by sticking daisies into the ribbons of Amy's hat, that lay there.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
8  With this idea in her head, she hailed an approaching omnibus with such a hasty gesture that the daisies flew out of the pot and were badly damaged.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
9  He had already withdrawn his eye from the Peri, and was looking at a humble tuft of daisies which grew by the wicket.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
10  He lifted his gaze, too, from the daisies, and turned it on her.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
11  It was really a lovely day, the first dandelions making suns, the first daisies so white.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
12  In the little garden the double daffodils rose in tufts, near the wide-open door, and red double daisies made a border to the path.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
13  The oaks were putting out ochre yellow leaves: in the garden the red daisies were like red plush buttons.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
14  The orchard was cleared of underbrush and only daisies grew beneath the long rows of trees.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
15  One window of excellent clothes for men, interspersed with collars of floral pique which showed mauve daisies on a saffron ground.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  This is daisy flower jewelry set that includes necklace and silver earrings.
2  Okay, so maybe you don't want to know the nickname that girl from your high school has given her new paramour, just like you don't particularly want to know the color of the daisies he bought her last week.