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Example sentences for "thyme"

Lexicographically close words:
thy; thyder; thye; thyine; thylacine; thymol; thymus; thymy; thyn; thyncke
  1. Thyme presented to one patient produced terrifying hallucinations; in another it called forth an expression of calm delight.

  2. It is the flowers of the thyme in which the bees are rioting.

  3. It is pleasant, too, to have a knoll or a bank somewhere, where thyme can grow among the grass.

  4. This species occurs principally on sunny heaths, where it is parasitic on shrubby plants, such as thyme and ling.

  5. And the thyme it is wither'd, and rue is in prime.

  6. Boil a piece of salmon, and when cold cut it into fillets and marinate them for two hours in oil, lemon juice, salt, thyme pepper, and nutmeg.

  7. Cook this in a covered stewpan and pass it through a sieve, but see that none of the bay leaf or thyme goes through.

  8. At nightfall, every evening, my caged captives make for the tuft of thyme with which I have thoughtfully furnished the prison and climb to the top of the upper branches, those most in sight.

  9. A tuft of thyme forms a grove in the centre of their establishment.

  10. We wandered through the garden between the beds of thyme and mint and late roses, and Mere B.

  11. I picked a sprig of sweet-smelling thyme as I passed, and laid it tenderly between the pages of my pocket-book.

  12. Thyme is said to have been one of the three plants which made the Virgin Mary's bed.

  13. There was a pleasant scent of dry thyme from the banks, and the familiar odour of the bracken as he crushed it beneath his feet, or brushed through it and the heather and gorse.

  14. The white Thyme is a capital plant, perfectly prostrate, and with leaves of a bright yellow-green, that with the white bloom give the plant a particularly fresh appearance.

  15. All the ground would be carpeted with Thyme and Basil and others of the dwarfer sweet-herbs.

  16. A tea made of the fresh tops of thyme is good in asthmas and diseases of the lungs.

  17. There is an oil made from thyme that cures the tooth-ache, a drop or two of it being put upon lint and applied to the tooth; this is commonly called oil of origanum.

  18. It is recommended against nervous complaints; but for this purpose the wild thyme is preferable.

  19. Yonder, where the wheat can climb no higher up the slope, are the purple heath-bells, thyme and flitting stonechats.

  20. Bees go by me as I stand under the apple, but they pass on for the most part bound on a long journey, across to the clover fields or up to the thyme lands; only a few go down into the mowing-grass.

  21. Borders of thyme grew like greyish fringe along each side of the pathway.

  22. Meet me in the green glen, By sweet briar bushes there; Meet me by your own sen, Where the wild thyme blossoms fair.

  23. It was evening, the air was heavy with the wild thyme and blooming linden, a glistening veil lay over the forest-clad mountains, there was a stillness over everything, but not the quiet of sleep.

  24. Prepare a pair of fine young ducks, the same as for roasting, place them in a stewpan together with two or three slices of bacon, a carrot, an onion stuck with two cloves, and a little thyme and parsley.

  25. Make a teacupful of drawn butter; add to it the juice of a lemon, two tablespoonfuls of minced onion, three tablespoonfuls of chopped parsley, a teaspoonful of powdered thyme or summer savory, a pinch of cayenne and salt.

  26. Parsley, thyme and sweet marjoram mixed gives the famous omelette aux fines herbes so popular at every wayside inn in the most remote corner of sunny France.

  27. Richard began to regret his thyme and blackberries, and the eldest brother seized the pony by the mane and tried to make it turn round, for he remembered the blue eyes of Jacob the rope-maker's daughter.

  28. But he wanted to pick a bunch of wild thyme and some blackberries by moonlight, and ran out after the others.

  29. It is beautiful here in spring," said the little girl, and they were again in the green beechwood, where the thyme breathed forth sweet fragrance at their feet, and the pink anemones looked lovely in the green moss.

  30. There stood noble palm-trees, oaks, and plantains, and beneath them bloomed thyme and parsley.

  31. But the beautiful thyme of last summer, where is that?

  32. The air was filled with the perfume of the wild thyme and the blossoms of the lime-trees, and the green woods on the mountains seemed to be covered with a shining veil, blue as the sky.

  33. Mr Gerrard says it is stated that oil of thyme yields as much as 50 per cent.

  34. From the fresh flowering herb of Thymus serpyllum, the lemon or wild thyme of our hills and pastures.

  35. Caput applied to the clergyman, rightly supposing him to be the parish rector, for permission to gather some of the pink thyme and grasses from the base of the brick tomb.


  36. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thyme" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    condiment; herb; pepper; salt; spice