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Smelling of balsam resin.

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Usage examples (11)
  • She dipped a cloth in the warm balsam-scented water, and gently wiped first his face and then his lax hands.
  • Broken in health, he had turned wearily from the rush and clamor of the city to the clear, balsam-scented air of the woods, where he was fast gaining a health and vigor...
  • Then the balsam-scented air, and the dew-laden bushes along the chattering little stream as it flows over a chaos of broken granite or works itself into a boiling froth,...
  • Across that divine balsam-scented stillness came the deep imperative notes of a bell.
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