IRIS in a Sentence

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For IRIS, below is one of 4 sentences:
I think the ground is full of daffodils and snowdrops and lilies and iris working their way out of the dark.

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 Meanings and Examples of IRIS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
iris
 n.  goddess of rainbow; rainbow; prismatic play of colors; something that forming the colored portion of eye
Classic Sentence:
1  I think the ground is full of daffodils and snowdrops and lilies and iris working their way out of the dark.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
2  Their gaze began with a defiant note but was confused by what seemed a deliberate swoon of the pupil into the iris, revealing for an instant a temperament of great sensibility.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
3  Soon to the foregoing trees there became added an occasional birch or spruce fir, while in the dense undergrowth around their roots could be seen the blue iris and the yellow wood-tulip.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
Example Sentence:
1  If there is no iris in the eye it is impossible to control the inlet of light.