Daphne Sentence Examples

Spring is supposed to begin in February when, according to the old calendar, the new year sets in, but th only flowers then in bloom are the camellia japonsca and some kinds of daphne.

Ben is offered a bribe to drop Daphne's case.

There is more than one meaning of Daphne discussed in the 1911 Encyclopedia.

One torrent, the Onopniktes ("donkey-drowner"), flowed through the new city, and many other streams came down a few miles west into the beautiful suburb of Daphne.

The beauty and the lax morals of Daphne were celebrated all over the western world; and indeed Antioch as a whole shared in both these titles to fame.

The nicknames which they gave to their later kings were Aramaic; and, except Apollo and Daphne, the great divinities of north Syria seem to have remained essentially native, such as the "Persian Artemis" of Meroe and Atargatis of Hierapolis Bambyce.

When Julian visited the place in 362 the impudent population railed at him for his favour to Jewish and pagan rites, and to revenge itself for the closing of its great church of Constantine, burned down the temple of Apollo in Daphne.

Antiochus could pity Onias, who had been tempted from the sanctuary at Daphne, but he needed an ally in Jerusalem - and money.

Zeus Olympius was figured on his coins, and he erected a statue of Zeus Olympius in the Temple of Apollo at Daphne.

The buildings were mainly grouped in three divisions - the Chalce, the Daphne and the " sacred palace."

In the Peloponnesian legends, another suitor of Daphne, Leucippus, son of Oenomaiis of Pisa, disguised himself as a girl and joined her companions.

It may hang from an apicilar placenta at the summit of the ovary, its apex being directed downwards, and is inverted or pendulous, as in Hippuris vulgaris; or from a parietal placenta near the summit, and then is suspended, as in Daphne Mezereum, Polygalaceae and Euphorbiaceae.

Among the more interesting plants of this deposit may be mentioned Torreya nucifera, now Japanese; an evergreen oak close to the common Quercus Ilex; Laurus canariensis, Apollonias canariensis, Persea carolinensis, and Ilex canariensis; Daphne pontica (a plant of Asia Minor); a species of box, scarcely differing from the English, and a bamboo.

One of the most delightful aspects of Daphne's charm was her aura of slightly batty femininity.

The steam coaster Daphne turned over immediately after launching on the Clyde with the loss of 124 lives.

I wasn't really aware if any of the relationships in which Henry and Daphne indulged were fully consummated.

Her mother was all players to scientist Daphne koller month of high.

And there may now have been a few other unsatisfactory epithets which had been conveyed to him from Xan, via Daphne.

To the north west of Liskeard lies Bodmin Moor made famous by Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica Inn.

His huge plant of Daphne petraea grandiflora is around 15 years old.

But there was as much jollity as ever in Daphne's descents upon Oxford.

Daphne will be dedicated to the production of phi mesons for the purpose of studying the CP-violation phenomenon.

The surrounding rampart of mountains was broken towards the north-east by an open tract stretching between Hymettus and Pentelicus towards Marathon, and was traversed by the passes of Decelea, Phyle and Daphne on the north and north-west, but the distance between these natural passages and the city was sufficient to obviate the danger of surprise by an invading land force.

Various oaks descend within a few hundred feet of the sea-level, increasing in numbers at greater altitudes, and becoming very frequent at 4000 ft., at which elevation also appear Aucuba, Magnolia, cherries, Pyrus, maple, alder and birch, with many Araliaceae, Hollbollea, Skimmia, Daphne, Myrsine, Symplocos and Rubus.

Even though this pair of great friends may be shaking in their proverbial boots, Scooby and Shaggy always come through for Freddie, Daphne and Velma.

The small white flowers are borne in dense clusters in early summer, the unopened buds being of a delicate pink hue, and it is suited for grouping with diminutive shrubs, such as the Partridge Berry, Daphne Cneorum, the small Andromedas.

To help answer these questions, Daphne White, founder of the Lion & Lamb Project, published a list of guidelines in the November-December 2004 issue of Mothering magazine.

Michelle Forbes (ex-Sonni/Solita, Guiding Light) and Ashley Jones (Bridget Forrester, Bold and the Beautiful) join the stellar cast of True Blood in the roles of Mary Ann and Daphne.

Season two offers up new characters including Daphne (a shapeshifter), Mary Ann (a manead), Godric (vampire), Stan, Barry, Queen Sophie and so much more.

His journey through second season has him on a collision course with MaryAnn and Daphne.

In 2009, she joined the cast of the HBO hit drama as Daphne, a shapeshifting waitress who caught Sam's eye and nearly took his heart, literally.

In the television series, that pig turns out to be Daphne (Ashley Jones), a shape shifter who is eventually murdered by Maryann.

Storylines have brought both Daphne Zuniga and Josie Bissett back to the show while Heather Locklear returned as a special guest star.

She put Daphne (Ashley Jones) in Sam's path as a way of trying to trap him.

Rather than giving the watches simple codes to identify them, each watch design has its own name such as "Daphne".

In order to secure his position, he contrived the murder of Onias, who had taken sanctuary at Daphne.

Almost the only notable exceptions are the mokusel (Osmanthusfragrans), the daphne and the magnolia.

A small quantity of paper is made from a plant described as the Daphne papyrifera.