10 examples of chrysalids in sentences

Most of the omissions of matter often treated in textbooks are intentional; for as a subject develops, it is important, especially in books meant to be introductory, to discard the marks of the chrysalid stage before thought had wings.

And, once at least, we have found silken nests of butterflies or moths, containing many chrysalids each.

"Yes, my friend, I can live no longer this dull chrysalid life, in comparison with which, at times, even that past dark dream seems tolerablefor amid its lurid smoke were flashes of brightness.

Potent and shapely, ne'ertheless, Draws the rogue his flexible limbs, Body firm yet elastic, Craftily forth; the purple shell, Him so grievously binding, Leaving quietly in its place; As the perfected butterfly, From the rigid chrysalid, Pinion unfolding, rapidly glides, Boldly and wantonly sailing through Sun-impregnated ether.

But, for all that, there had been intervals, ere his thirteen years' exile ended, in which, so far from regret, he experienced a certain joy at remembrance of this rough and rugged point of time where he had escaped from the chrysalid state to one of action and freedom and real life.

We are all fauns and satyrs aspiring to become angels, ugly creatures labouring at our embellishment, monstrous chrysalids trying to become butterflies.

On another hand, it cannot be doubted that mild winters greatly contribute to the bringing about of a destruction of larvae and chrysalids in two ways: First, they favor the development of mould, which, as well known, attacks the larvae of insects when these have been enfeebled by an excess of rain or dampness; and second, they permit beasts of prey to continue to exercise their activity.

These small mammals, which abound in this district, destroy a large number of chrysalids of Lepidoptera.

Doubtless these last-named do not make very large inroads in the ranks of larvae and chrysalids every day; yet, having no other food, they destroy a goodly number of them.

Once in a place, they begin to look for larvae and chrysalids, which they devour.

10 examples of  chrysalids  in sentences