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Example sentences for "arbours"

Lexicographically close words:
arboribus; arbors; arborum; arborvitae; arbour; arbres; arbusta; arbutus; arc; arca
  1. Once when the gentle rain fell I glided in a barge down a sunless stream under the earth till I reached another world of purple twilight, iridescent arbours and undying roses.

  2. Then came we to a pleasant coast gay with blossoms of every hue, where as far inland as we could see basked lovely groves and radiant arbours beneath a meridian sun.

  3. So have I known some beauteous passage rise In sudden flowers and arbours to my eyes, And in the depth and dead of winter bring To my cold thoughts a lively sense of spring.

  4. They hurried to that gayer part of the gardens where the arbours sparkled with wax candles and jewels and beauty, and where the air was musical with laughter.

  5. I should like to see your arbours and your gardens," said Margaret, looking round her.

  6. We have made arbours in our own gardens for our dolls, where they may sit when we are swinging.

  7. From the terrace there is a good view of the river, and lower down Angelica has made an old-fashioned garden, with grass walks and rose arbours and mixed flower beds.

  8. The delighted laughter of the child rang out presently from the rose-arbours and the winding paths; and while Caroline passed in and out of the junipers and the young yew-trees, she forgot the loneliness she had felt on the terrace.

  9. Far different are the thoughts that suggest themselves as you glide along under the aromatic arbours of the American southern forest, brushing aside the silken foliage, and treading upon the shadows of picturesque palms.

  10. In each of these arbours is a stationary table of white painted wood, and light moveable chairs of the same colour and material.

  11. Here frowns a vegetable Hercules; There famed Achilles learns to live again And looks yet angry in the mimic scene; Here artful birds, which blooming arbours shew, Seem to fly higher whilst they upwards grow.

  12. It had a large room with an organ, skittle-alleys, and cosy arbours for those who liked to consume their refreshments out of doors.

  13. The ground was duly laid out in pleasant walks, with the usual accompaniments of leafy arbours and other quiet nooks for tea-parties.

  14. The garden was of large extent, including an orchard of fruit-trees at its lower part, and it was tastefully laid out in walks, flowerbeds, and arbours of different shapes and sizes.

  15. But it was to another mind than his that these shadowy trees and fragrant arbours owed their existence.

  16. That part of the garden was surrounded with arbours palisaded so as to conceal what was inside.

  17. Uneasy to know what Du Mont wished to communicate with so much mystery, I gently went towards the arbours where, without being seen, I looked through one of the openings until I saw him appear.

  18. The Church, as it is now equipt, looks more like a Green-house than a Place of Worship: The middle Isle is a very pretty shady Walk, and the Pews look like so many Arbours of each Side of it.

  19. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, beautiful arbours of fragrant cedar were constructed after the Indian fashion as ornamental features in Virginia landscape gardening--omitting the bark, and shaving close the green foliage.

  20. Besides Powhatan's own house with many rooms, there were houses or arbours for his bows and arrows, and for his granaries, and stores of dried fish and venison.

  21. Outside the different arbours orations were held by various guests.

  22. In the way of springs, rockeries, arbours and woods, towers and terraces, pavilions and halls, it likewise contained a good many sufficient to excite admiration.

  23. So balmy did the breeze happen to be and the weather so fine that the strains of music came wafted across the arbours and over the stream, and, needless to say, conduced to exhilarate their spirits and to cheer their hearts.

  24. Two, three, four hundred peasants had early in the morning beaten the country round, with hue and cry, after having enclosed it and driven all the animals together as near these arbours as possible.

  25. The feast was held in the grove close to the habitation of the Prince, where arbours had been erected for the fairer portion of the guests.

  26. The elders and matrons, seated on divans and carpets in the arbours or beneath the shade of the trees, looked on with approbation, applauding the graceful movements and activity of their children.

  27. Her complexion was even less desirable by day than by gas, but her hair was tumbled, her eyes were sparkling softly; and the deep green arbours of the wood were an enchanting aid to youth.

  28. In those rustling arbours of many memories, she knew that she should let fly the passion within her.


  29. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "arbours" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.