IRIS in a Sentence

Learn IRIS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for IRIS, such as:
1. If there is no iris in the eye it is impossible to control the inlet of light.
2. I think the ground is full of daffodils and snowdrops and lilies and iris working their way out of the dark.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of IRIS
iris
 n.  plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
 n.  diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
Classic Sentence:
1  I think the ground is full of daffodils and snowdrops and lilies and iris working their way out of the dark.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
2  Their gaze began with a defiant note but was confused by what seemed a deliberate swoon of the pupil into the iris, revealing for an instant a temperament of great sensibility.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
3  Soon to the foregoing trees there became added an occasional birch or spruce fir, while in the dense undergrowth around their roots could be seen the blue iris and the yellow wood-tulip.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
Example Sentence:
1  If there is no iris in the eye it is impossible to control the inlet of light.