How To Use fleur-de-lys In A Sentence
- A little farther away, in the crowd, a young man with a blue tie and a fleur-de-lys in his buttonhole, sells pamphlets of monarchist poetry in honor of Louis de Bourbon for 5 euros.
- Basque cross, or "lauburu," * a symbol of prosperity, is to the Basque what the fleur-de-lys is to France, and though you won't find as many French streets "fleurdelisé," * when in Basque country you will see the cross-shaped lauburu partout! French Word-A-Day:
- There were four fleur-de-lys, one for each of the gospels. Archive 2009-05-01
- Between the arms of the cross, the fancier pendants had the image of a flower of French origins, the fleur-de-lys which represented the Trinity. Archive 2009-05-01
- The bed, which incorporates two fleur-de-lys, is rumored to have been made for a favorite retreat of Louis XIV, though that has never been substantiated. A Bed (Not for Sleeping)
- The royal entry staged by Troyes only a few days earlier emphasized the city's love for the king and culminated with a traditional scene in which a young girl presented the king with a heart of gold that opened to reveal a fleur-de-lys.
- But Pope Paul had the fleur-de-lys on his coat-of-arms, and he was the Pope who published Humanae Vitae, exalting chaste love during the a time when chastity was becoming a rare commodity. Archive 2009-03-01
- In the spandril above the outer archway is carved, 'amid elegant scroll-work and foliage, an arm, vested in an ermine maunch, the hand grasping a golden fleur-de-lys' -- the old coat-armour of the Mohuns; and on the other spandril 'three lions passant in pale,' the bearing of the Carews. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts
- Je vous envoie une belle fleur-de-lys (la fleur officialle de l'etat de Tennessee). Baba cool - French Word-A-Day
- The binding is 3/4 red cloth with gold fleur-de-lys, with a cream spine and red title inset on the spine. 2007 August
