Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprayey
Literary usage of Sprayey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (1893)
"I see small flocks of robins running on the bared portions of the meadow; hear
the sprayey tinkle of the song-sparrow along the hedges. ..."
2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1894)
"A peculiarly rich sprayey dreamer now at 2 PM How serenely it ripples over the
water! ... This rich sprayey note possesses all the shore. ..."
3. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"A peculiarly rich, sprayey dreamer, now at 2 p. M.! How serenely it ripples over
the water! ... This rich, sprayey note possesses all the shore. ..."
4. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"... sprayey notes. I see close by, hopping close up to the main stem of young
white pines, what you would call a Maryland yellow-throat, but less chubby, ..."
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