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• June, no shrinking violet she, crossed the room and introduced herself to the newcomers.From the entry shrinking violet
• Her African violets weren't getting enough sun and became rangy.From the entry rangy
• Hair like gold, and eyes as'd put blue violets to shame.2012, Kate Ross, A Broken Vessel. From the entry dimber cove
• On the lane below, more orangetips nectared on spring beauties and violets.2010, Robert Michael Pyle, Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year, page 123. From the entry nectar
• The bruise on my cheek had ripened into an underlying violet with an alienish green tinge.2007, Nancy Bush, Electric Blue, page 212. From the entry alienish
• The Canadian violet is a stemmed violet and easy to recognize by its tall stature.2003, Peter White, Wildflowers of the Smokies, page 64. From the entry Canadian violet
• The panes are of black velvet, decorated like the doublet and showing off the violet taffeta.1988, Dora Liscia Bemporad, Il Costume nell'età del Rinascimento, page 298. From the entry pluderhose
• Around the courthouse, things are simply “mauvelous,” as in a purple, violet or lilac color.1987, John F. Nichols, “Clark County Report”, in Washington State Bar News, volume 41, Washington State Bar Association, page 35. From the entry mauvelous
• Her lids weightened, slightly hooding violet eyes that mesmerically followed the teardrop trailings.1987, Mary Brendan, Beloved avenger, page 29. From the entry weighten
• And a gorgeous slop pail covered in the proverbial violets, would you believe?”1984, Josephine Boyle, chapter 3, in A Spectre in the Hall, London: Judy Piatkus (Publishers) Limited, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry fishkettle
• Here is spring were celandine, marsh marigold, wind-flower, primrose, cowslip and dog's violet.1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 13. From the entry primrose
• A blue, very much like sapphire, with a slight violet cast, it is exclusive with Tiffany.1968 October 1, Margene Morris, “Tiffany gets a new home”, in San Francisco Examiner, number 80, San Francisco, Calif.: San Francisco…. From the entry tanzanite
• No, I'm a fart in a gale of wind, a humble violet under a cow pad.1937, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, page 97. From the entry fart in the wind
• Violet and forced migrations prevailed, which included flows of civilian refugees, active militsiias, and repatriated war prisoners from World War i.2025 December 8 (indicated as 2026), Zhanna Son, “The Ethnopolitical Situation in the Primor’e”, in The Russian Koreans in the 1920s and…. From the entry militsiia
• Violet is lost to us!” “Oh, don't be so dramatic.2020 September 27, Christy Stratton & Jeremy Rowley, “Violet's Secret” (: from the start), in Bless the Harts, season 2, episode 1, spoken…. From the entry fave
• All but lost in the new growth of grass are dog violets, leaves the vivid purple of a Catholic funeral robe.2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 86. From the entry dog violet
• Russian violet was the calling perfume in vogue in Banbridge.2019, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, The Debtor. From the entry Russian violet
• Obviously some invisible rays that lay beyond the violet end of the spectrum had a dramatic, repeatable chemical effect.2017, Bob Berman, Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, pages 50-51. From the entry silver chloride
• The cat had black ears nestled in his coal hair and a purple mask over his violet eyes.2011, C. C. W. Henderson, Blue Heron and Pizzazz, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 99. From the entry coal
• Figure 4.24C shows the hexagonal packing structure of hollow rods responsible for the iridescent violet feathers of the striking violet-backed starling.2011, Jack W. Bradbury, Sandra L[ee] Vehrencamp, “Structural colors”, in Principles of Animal Communication, 2nd edition, Sunderland…. From the entry violet-backed starling
• A leather corset hugged her waist, tight and glossy black, the shadows offset by a rainbow headscarf and violet teashade glasses.2011, Allison Pang, chapter 2, in A Brush of Darkness (Abby Sinclair; 1), New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry teashade
• Karl von Frisch discovered that honey bees can see six colors—blue, blue-green, yellow, bee purple, ultraviolet, and bee violet.2010, Martha Scott, Honey Bee, Where Are You?. From the entry bee purple
• A golden, crocusy line goes forth, and here a purple row of violets, flushed scarlet meets milky white.2010, Venantius Fortunatus, translated by Joseph Pucci, “To Radegund (d. 587) and/or to Agnes (d. no later than 589)”, in Poems to…. From the entry crocusy
• Somewhat doubtful, I purchased a two-tube shoplight and suspended it over a bookcase upon which my one lonely violet stood.1995, The Gloxinian, volume 45, American Gloxinia and Gesneriad Society, pages 11, 25. From the entry shoplight
• Waist-length black hair, violet eyes, tall, striking.1987, Kay Hooper, Raven on the Wing, page 33. From the entry raven
• They were of different hues, golden, blue, green, violet, red.1954, Ian Fleming, “Table Z”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 55. From the entry witch ball
• An unwilling little glisten had come into the violet eyes.1939 June, Jack Williamson, “One Against the Legion”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 23, number 4, page 138. From the entry blaster
• We see red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.1927 June, C. K. Ogden, “Science Notes”, in The Forum, volume LXXVII, number 6, illustrated section, page XLII. From the entry hexachromatic
• Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins?1924, Herman Melville, chapter 17, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.. From the entry blendingly
• He rode slowly home along the deserted road, watching the stars come out in the clear violet sky.1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl. From the entry sordid
• A yellow carnation signified disappointment or rejection, hibiscus meant consumed by love, elderflower symbolized zeal, lavender stood for love and violet indicated modesty or virtue.2016, Constance L. Kirker, Mary Newman, “Europe”, in Edible Flowers: A Global History (The Edible Series), London: Reaktion Books, →ISBN. From the entry floriography
• Violet, who was British and sat through my classes with a headmistressy stare, did say she admired the Heidelberg school of painters.2007, Margaret Sutherland, Leaving Gaza, Leicester: Ulverscroft, published 2009, →ISBN, page 215. From the entry headmistressy
• Was it the effect of the bulletproof glaze on the windows, or had dusk really turned the sky a sheer, sugary violet?2001, Mary O’Connell, “Saint Dymphna”, in Living with Saints, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry long john
• Before us, framing the skyscrapers of Manhattan, was a golden skyline filled with vibrant blues and pinks and softer hues of violet, rose and lavender.1999, The Ladies' Home Journal. From the entry sky-blue pink
• I've been told repeatedly that electricity above the waist is dangerous, but I've seen guys using violet wands on other guys' chests.1996, Joseph W. Bean, Leathersex Q&A: Questions About Leathersex and the Leather Lifestyle Answered. From the entry violet wand
• There is a strong probability that the violets of the san Paolo Bible were roduced by a mixture of folium and album.1981, Joachim E. Gaehde, The Painters of the Carolingian Bible Manuscript of San Paolo Fuori Le Mura in Rome, page 80. From the entry folium
• The least cornified, young cells stain violet or blue, more mature cells mauve and the most cornified, old and dying cells stain red.1966, New Scientist, page 290. From the entry cornified
• In April they played Hens and Roosters, yoking their wild white and blue violets to see which would get its head pulled off.1946, Conrad Richter, The Fields, page 231. From the entry rooster

Meaning of violet

1. noun A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
2. noun A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
3. noun The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.

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How do you use violet in a sentence?

Violet is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “June, no shrinking violet she, crossed the room and introduced herself to the newcomers.”

What is a short sentence with violet?

“Waist-length black hair, violet eyes, tall, striking.”

What does violet mean?

Violet means a plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.