poppied
Americanadjective
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covered with poppies
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of or relating to the effects of poppies, esp in inducing drowsiness or sleep
Etymology
Origin of poppied
Example Sentences
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Of course, even after that, the illusion of choice remains – you, player from another land, can choose to opt out of wearing the poppied strip.
From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2018
From Exile Call to me, call to me, fields of poppied wheat!
From England over Seas by Roberts, Lloyd
Young Love lies drowsing Away to poppied death; 50 Cool shadows deepen Across the sleeping face: So fails the summer With warm, delicious breath; And what hath autumn To give us in its place?
From Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems by Rossetti, Christina Georgina
Wherein, it seemed—drained from long chalices Of those slim flow'rs—they bore mysterious wine; A poppied vintage, full of sleep divine And pale forgetting of all miseries.
From Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius
What cares I took To obey this wise book, I, who feared each hour Lest Death's cruel power On the poppied plain Might make cares vain!
From Country Sentiment by Graves, Robert
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