There's an orchid-like hothouse quality to him that's both endearing to his supporters and confusing to his detractors. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Katovsky: Has Obama Lost His Mojo?] Reference
But not being ordinary -- on the contrary, and without undue pride, denominating myself as a most extraordinary, rare, and orchid-like male creature, I feel that the appended narrative, albeit I do not figure therein as Sir Galahad or. From Wordnik.com. [At Home with the Jardines] Reference
Past winners of the competition have built networks of water troughs, bunches of hammocks; gigantic orchid-like seating arrangements; geo-textile thatched cooling chimneys, and a "farm" sprouting salad fixings in sonar construction tubes. From Wordnik.com. [A Serious Couple's Fun Project for This Year's PS1 Beach Party] Reference
A strange, orchid-like growth sprang up in the air. From Wordnik.com. [The Convert] Reference
David Schildknecht on the regular 2003 Zelt-Sonn Auslese: A bouquet of orchid-like musky, spicy sweetness. From Wordnik.com. [CellarTracker Tasting Notes (all notes)] Reference
It was Beardsley's writing that first won Oscar to recognition of his talent, and for a while he seemed vaguely interested in what he called his "orchid-like personality.". From Wordnik.com. [Oscar Wilde His Life and Confessions]
It was Beardsley's writing that first won Oscar to recognition of his talent, and for a while he seemed vaguely interested in what he called his “orchid-like personality.”. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar Wilde]
Our way led along a winding path between banked masses of softly radiant blooms, groups of feathery ferns whose plumes were starred with fragrant white and blue flowerets, slender creepers swinging from the branches of the strangely trunked trees, bearing along their threads orchid-like blossoms both delicately frail and gorgeously flamboyant. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon Pool] Reference
OUR WAY led along a winding path between banked masses of softly radiant blooms, groups of feathery ferns whose plumes were starred with fragrant white and blue flowerets, slender creepers swinging from the branches of the strangely trunked trees, bearing along their threads orchid-like blos-soms both delicately frail and gorgeously flamboyant. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon Pool] Reference
It was Beardsley’s writing that first won Oscar to recognition of his talent, and for a while he seemed vaguely interested in what he called his “orchid-like personality.”. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions] Reference
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