scentless wisps of straw. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Noun : the scent of roses. ,The dogs lost the scent and the prisoner escaped. ,a remarkably keen scent. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to scent trouble. From Dictionary.com.
So for a while we sat on the terrace, and a kind of scentless, spineless whitethorn wept sprays of flowers upon us. From Wordnik.com. [Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895] Reference
If they were not scentless, at least they'd tried. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Throne]
John had a fine show of these stiff, scentless flowers. From Wordnik.com. [The Way Home] Reference
The payload shell had never been so clean, so scentless. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Throne]
'Twas not love -- love in me is dead, dead and scentless. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
And the wild flowers he sung are laid scentless and pale. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865] Reference
Grieving Tube was almost scentless, smelling only of wet fur. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Throne]
Who has not drawn it in with deep breaths of the scentless wind?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother of Felipe] Reference
Sometimes a flame-coloured, scentless rose would hold her arrested. From Wordnik.com. [The Prussian Officer and Other Stories] Reference
About how it is so scentless, being constantly washed out by the rain. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
But if a flower's soul speaks through odor, what of scentless blossoms?. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
How was that sweetness and purity ever extracted from the scentless soil?. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
Since using the scentless soap, I have otherwise been unmolested by them. From Wordnik.com. [insect bites? help] Reference
Acolyte must have washed himself scentless, to stalk him, Louis Wu thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Throne]
I can no longer smell my own sweat or the bland, scentless dust of the desert. From Wordnik.com. [An Unlikely Rapture] Reference
I love it and so does my husband because it is scentless and super-moisturizing. From Wordnik.com. [Vanity Mirror: Bobbi Brown Gets Personal: SunHee Grinnell] Reference
In the chill of the bedroom they seemed to shiver, and remained furled, scentless. From Wordnik.com. [Her Fearful Symmetry] Reference
I suppose the best thing is to go scentless for a time, but I find that unbearable!. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Back to My Senses...] Reference
The streets were near daylight - bright with cressets and lanterns of scentless oils. From Wordnik.com. [Magic's Promise]
Iceberg lettuce; mealy tomatoes; and scentless, soft-crusted, imitation French bread. From Wordnik.com. [Naked in the Boardroom] Reference
All these were scentless; but one other flower, much rarer, made fragrance enough for all. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864] Reference
Then we have the snow-white, but scentless Cherokee rose, with its lovely, shining leaves. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864] Reference
She breathed in the scentless spray, feeling it prickle through her nose, down her throat. From Wordnik.com. [Savor Me Slowly] Reference
Later in the year come the beautiful blue violets, which are, I am sorry to say, scentless. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860] Reference
The hands should be well washed and dried, tepid water, scentless soap, and a smooth towel being used. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men] Reference
She was magnificently dressed, and the pale, scentless rose upon her breast was almost hidden by diamonds. From Wordnik.com. [Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside] Reference
He pictures himself pulling up slowly to the house and being shocked to find it lightless, scentless, for sale. From Wordnik.com. [Red Left Hand] Reference
Some roses were scattering scentless petals on the twilight, and lonely-looking carnations hung on weak stalks. From Wordnik.com. [The Plumed Serpent] Reference
The room was full of flowering plants, delicate white heaths and scentless camellias, in stands marvelously wrought. From Wordnik.com. [A Distinguished Provincial at Paris] Reference
How unostentatious their kindness was: the delicate, scentless air that hung about them: the fresh flowers always near. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864] Reference
Nature is a dull affair, soundless, scentless, colourless; merely the hurrying of material, end - lessly, meaninglessly. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Its root is scentless, but when chewed causes a pricking sensation (with heat, and some numbness) in the mouth and tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
The latter was the source of most of his sufferings; for, being so exceedingly sensitive, even the most scentless things made him sick. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861] Reference
My life, with all its advantages, and what people call accomplishments, has been as unreal, as lifeless, as scentless as those wax flowers. From Wordnik.com. [True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best] Reference
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