Read full poem →The heart's thought that I on high streams
The salt-wavy tumult traverse alone.
Moaneth alway my mind's lust
Dictionary Entry
Having or characterized by waves or curves.
In a Sentence
“The flag was wavy in the strong breeze, and her hair had a beautiful wavy texture.”
Origin
From Old English 'wagian' meaning to move to and fro.
Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “wavy”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →On the far depth where sheeted lightning plays;
Or, on the wavy grass outstretched supinely,
Pry 'mong the stars, to strive to think divinely:
Read full poem →On the far depth where sheeted lightning plays;
Or, on the wavy grass outstretch'd supinely,
Pry 'mong the stars, to strive to think divinely:
Read full poem →Fatigued he sinks into some pleasant lair
Of wavy grass, and reads a debonair
And gentle tale of love and languishment?
Read full poem →And let there glide by many a pearly car,
Pink robes, and wavy hair, and diamond jar,
And half discovered wings, and glances keen.
Read full poem →While sweetly blending still are seen
The wavy lawn, the sloping green--
While novelty, with cautious cunning,
Read full poem →He was one of the kind sports call a spider,
All wiry arms and legs that spread out wavy
From a humped body nigh as big's a biscuit.
Read full poem →the flange of the carrail, the
wavy lines in split rock, a
great oaktree--