A thing as important as thistledown is as unimportantly dismissed. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
We also believed that there's a secret name which, if you call the thistledown by, will make it fly into your hand. From Wordnik.com. [Qwaider Planet] Reference
A thin mist floated like thistledown from the marshes, which were so distant that they were visible only as a pinkish edge to the horizon. From Wordnik.com. [The Miller of Old Church] Reference
Corn silk for their cushions, thistledown for a bed. From Wordnik.com. [Nestlings A Collection of Poems] Reference
Paradise like thistledown before an inevitable wind. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Progress] Reference
She dances like thistledown and sings like a thrush. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
Truly your professions of love were light as thistledown. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
You could just puff away their biggest men like thistledown. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Father Brown] Reference
"Or a floating piece of thistledown," laughed Carry-on-Merry. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
He walked on, carrying the sprite like a tuft of thistledown. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
The thistledown, what should you say if I should tell you that Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Polly of the Hospital Staff] Reference
Then, as gentle as thistledown, his hand settled onto Emily's tummy. From Wordnik.com. [A Baby For Emily]
You dance divinely, señorita, and are light as thistledown in my arms. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
But the thistledown was still as death, and the face of his old master. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Summer of a Forsyte] Reference
He let them go with his good wishes, like thistledown blown on the wind. From Wordnik.com. [Incubus]
The Dolphin was almost stopped now, drifting upward as gently as thistledown. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Station Zebra]
They had propped my grandfather up in bed; he looked as clean as thistledown. From Wordnik.com. [The Bull From The Sea]
The thistledown made them weep; a burnished beetle brought them to their knees. From Wordnik.com. [Orthodoxy] Reference
Once, twice it swished; the third time it alighted like thistledown on the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
But she will only gamble away all that she has — gamble it away like thistledown. From Wordnik.com. [The Gambler] Reference
"But where shall I ever get thistledown enough for so many shirts?" asked the sister. From Wordnik.com. [East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon] Reference
Light as a thistledown, the unexpected little visitor landed in the center of the room. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
"That's better," she grunted, and began to edge in, thistledown light on the small feet. From Wordnik.com. [Modesty Blaise]
It wavered, then floated, still lightly as thistledown, to resume its place atop the cup. From Wordnik.com. [Conan and The Mists of Door]
Bell was watching in deep admiration of the strong hand that was yet light as thistledown. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
They were so old that they had blown like thistledown about the four quarters of the world. From Wordnik.com. [French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France] Reference
She flung herself down on the bed on her back, her short black hair puffing out like thistledown. From Wordnik.com. [Hunter,Healer[SequeltoTheSociety]]
It is needless to say, that aught save thistledown must have been dashed to pieces in such a fall. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth] Reference
The pale star of thistledown mounts on some mysterious current, like an infant soul departing heavenward. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Then, light as thistledown, her lips brushed his cheek and she was gone, closing the door softly behind her. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
In her white dress, with something fleecy about her head and shoulders, she suggested a piece of thistledown. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters] Reference
She was like thistledown in his arms, she was saying tremendously interesting things to him, in her lovely voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Tin Soldier] Reference
The objects that he had seen were round and sharply defined, and with none of the feathery appearance of thistledown. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
Straight on she flew, like a real thistledown, her fair curls streaming on the wind, her eyes big with a vague terror. From Wordnik.com. [Polly of the Hospital Staff] Reference
Lighter than thistledown, fitted to drift with the merest zephyr, they can nevertheless force their way against a breeze. From Wordnik.com. [Dick in the Everglades] Reference
Clouds, feathers, and thistledown are kept in the air more by the action of winds and small air currents than by buoyancy. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
We took ten regular dancing steps forward and ten back and floated along just like a thistledown -- no clumping around like they do now. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
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