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9 total sentences available.
"And now already from the heaven's high steep / the dewy night wheels down, and sinking slow, / the stars are gently wooing us to sleep. / But, if thy longing be so great to know / the tale of Troy's last agony and woe, / the toils we suffered, though my heart doth ache, / and grief would fain the memory forego / of scenes so sad, yet, Lady, for thy sake / I will begin," and thus the sire of Troy outspake:
Source: tatoeba (6804488)
Thrice roar the caverned shore-cliffs, thrice the spray / whirls up and wets the dewy stars on high.
Source: tatoeba (7339535)
His mildly vivid dewy beam Of beryl to diffuse: the gleam With elf-light tiniest figures lit Of shapely moon-fair elves who sit Each on a gemmy blade's curled tip In circle.
Source: wiktionary
The dewy grass was too slick for football.
Source: wiktionary
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Closest matches include beadiest, bedewed, boggy, budding, callow.
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