The very beetle climbing a rough willow is redolent of flowers. From Wordnik.com. [The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing] Reference
Our plain willow chairs had ordinary covers, which, to my mind, rather interfered with sightseeing. From Wordnik.com. [Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days] Reference
Dwarf willow is the only "tree" species up there and it grows along the ground between the rocks. jjjp. From Wordnik.com. [flags] Reference
A section of a branch of birch or willow from the north only a couple of inches in diameter will show one or two hundred annual rings. From Wordnik.com. [Factors Affecting Development of Canada's North] Reference
On a level with the top of the willow was the little attic room where. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of an Old Fool] Reference
Supple as a willow is my waist. From Wordnik.com. [The Joy of Advertising] Reference
"sally-withys" -- as the Wiltshire folk call willow switches. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellanea] Reference
How to store in willow baskets. From Wordnik.com. [The Acorn-Planter] Reference
The spring of the willow is seen in her gait. From Wordnik.com. [Verse Memorials.] Reference
No kind of willow was found, nor any flower seen of any other colour than green or white. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II] Reference
Herbal supplements such as willow bark, devil's claw and cayenne may be somewhat beneficial, and don't appear to be harmful. From Wordnik.com. [foodconsumer.org] Reference
The willow is a great choice and very practical. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Island Dreams « Fairegarden] Reference
"I would not speak to strangers," said the willow. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
We glided around a small curve shaded by a willow. From Wordnik.com. [I Like it This Way] Reference
And cut my thread, spare hers; life weaves its willow. From Wordnik.com. [Upwards, Into the White Eye Rising] Reference
The willow-tree shook the gentle drops from its leaves. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Like a willow, once you are gold, they're made for bending. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Waits: The Whiskey Voice Returns] Reference
As he slowly walked by, the weeping willow would cry for joy. From Wordnik.com. [Tribute to the Music of New Orleans] Reference
His clothes were like spider webs hung on a tenuous willow branch. From Wordnik.com. [Man of The Marshes] Reference
They bury him beneath a willow tree on the east side of the cemetery. From Wordnik.com. [The Cicada's Cry] Reference
Medical personnel hacked through willow and alder to reach the wounded. From Wordnik.com. [Responders Describe Crash Horror] Reference
She watches through the window as tiny birds build a nest in the willow. From Wordnik.com. [Hard-to-Reach Places] Reference
When I got up to leave there was a man asleep under the shade of a willow tree. From Wordnik.com. [Belly Button (3)] Reference
Who had wet his pants who was asleep under the shade of a willow tree in Washington. From Wordnik.com. [Belly Button (part 4)] Reference
It lies about 20 minutes outside of Paris on the willow-lined banks of the Marne River. From Wordnik.com. [Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes] Reference
"You may catch one under a willow tree," it holds, "but not a second at the same spot.". From Wordnik.com. [The Man In Charge] Reference
He drove us to one of our state's alleged ten thousand lakes and pulled in under a willow. From Wordnik.com. [Stones] Reference
The wise old willow-tree by the river looked down on the fields, and thought his thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
"If I am bound," he said, "by seven green willow branches, then my heart is yours forever.". From Wordnik.com. [Binding the Eater] Reference
By then, he'd already shot the dog and buried it in the back yard underneath a willow tree. From Wordnik.com. [Two Months Before, Two Months After] Reference
Could they, like schoolgirls, pass notes about a cute conifer or a handsome weeping willow. From Wordnik.com. [”] Reference
Hers came in a basket - a great big worn-brown-and-shiny, round bottom, willow basket, hand-wove. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Ago] Reference
(Soundbite of song, Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino) Mr. DOMINO: (Singing) The wind in the willow played, love's sweet melody. From Wordnik.com. [Fats Domino, 'Alive and Kickin' After Katrina] Reference
In our old house I could see the willow tree, close to the house, and further back, three gnarled apple trees I used to climb. From Wordnik.com. [Snake Dreams] Reference
I used to sit under the willow with my mother until the heat of summer came and the needle-like legs of Japanese beetles made me cry. From Wordnik.com. [Snake Dreams] Reference
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