Berries
['beriz]
Definition
(pl. ) of Berry
Editor: Whitney
Examples
- They saw the golden lights of the hotel glowing out in the night of snow-silence, small in the hollow, like a cluster of yellow berries. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They were comforted by seeing some birds, and later on by finding a pole worked with tools, and a branch with strange berries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It moved slowly, but it enlightened my path; and I again went out in search of berries. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- My food is not that of man; I do not destroy the lamb and the kid, to glut my appetite; acorns and berries afford me sufficient nourishment. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I found that the berries were spoiled by this operation, and the nuts and roots much improved. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- We must get some berries, or Clym will never believe in our preparations. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They subsisted on shell fish, putrid whale's blubber, or a few tasteless berries and fungi. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The terrestrial species is confined to the centra l part of the group; it is smaller than the aquatic species, and feeds on cactus, leaves of trees, and berries. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We have enough berries now, I think, and we had better take them home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- After being on the train for several months, I started two stores in Port Huron--one for periodicals, and the other for vegetables, butter, and berries in the season. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There's salt here, said Laurie, as he handed Jo a saucer of berries. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Editor: Whitney