“On the corner of the sidewalk, there was an African violet sitting in a pot on the ground.”

“Young women volunteered to learn nursing and life-saving skills, and Millie, a nineteen-year-old beauty whose eyes had gone a striking deep violet, was at the head of the line.”

“He has excelled at medicine, art and music and has held 40 solo exhibitions and given several piano, violine and song recitals.”

“Our Saint Emilion is a deep red colour with touches of violine.”

“I suspect the key is in the relation between the way the four quadrants of each plate vibrate and how they interact with the air inside the violine.”

“The bouquet itself was a nosegay of violets with a pink rose in the center.”

“African violets, gloxinias and achimenes are beautiful when in bloom, but pretty dull otherwise.”

“South Lakeland men are shrinking violets according to a company setting up speed dating events in the area.”