If cases of immorality in convents seem all too frequent, it should be remembered how young and often how unwilling were those who took the vows: Je sent les douls mals leis ma senturete Malois soit de deu ki me fist nonnete.
Mairg a leumas thar a each, tuigeadh gach neach leis an aill, Gun d’imich mo chuid orm féin, ni bheil feum bhi ris na mnathaibh.
A tiel leis qu'ils de seint eglise ont enancien scripture, covient a nous a donner credence; car ceo common ley stir quels touts manners leis sont fondes.
Denoting possession: is le Donull an leabhar, the book is Donald's; cha leis e, it is not his.
Along: leisan t-sruth along the stream; leis an leathad, down the declivity.
Ta gliocas air a fireanachadh leis a cloinn Wisdom {147} is justified by her children, Matt.
Denoting the instrument: mharbh e Eoin leis a' chlaidheamh, he killed John with the sword.
With: Chaidh mi leis a' chuideachd mhòir, I went with the multitude.
A number of natives assembled to see us start, and they all shook hands with us, exchanging alohas, and presenting us with leis of roses and ohias.
Two women were shrimping in the river, the children were swimming to school, blue smoke curled up into the still air, kalo was baking among the stones, and a group of women sat sewing and making leis on the ground.
There were several beautiful leisof the gardenia, which filled all the garden with their delicious odour.
They all wore coloured chemises andleis of flowers.
A few young men were in white straw hats, white shirts, and white trousers, with crimson leis round their hats and throats.
The water was up to their waists, and leis of ohia blossoms and ferns, and masses of unbound hair fantastically wreathed with moss, fell over their faultless forms, and their rich brown skin gleamed in the slant sunshine.
The natives decorated us with leis of turquoise and coral berries, and of crimson and yellow ohia blossoms.
The dress of the Hawaiian men was more varied and singular than that of the women, every kind of dress and undress, with leis of ohia and garlands of maile covering all deficiencies.
Five hundred natives, profusely decorated with leis of flowers and maile, were there, and each brought a gift for the bride.
The taste for ornament has not died out in either sex, and women are to be seen in Kalawao, hideous and bloated beyond description, decorated with leis of flowers, and looking for admiration out of their glazed and goggle eyes.
She had a large retinue, and her female attendants all wore leis of oleander.
Sometimes they would make leis of the fruit of the hala tree, the pandanus, which was also very plentiful in that part of the island.
Their heads were encircled by high feather leis which swept backwards almost to the ground.
Here you may watch craftsmen pounding tapa cloth, making shell leis and painting portraits.
Draped with forty foot flowerleis on June 11, Kamehameha Day.
At our departure from Honolulu, we were quite covered with leis by the kind friends who gathered at the dock to see us off.
His statue is dressed in his royal cape of bird feathers and decorated with leis of flowers by the sons and daughters of Hawaii.
It was an animated and pretty sight at the dock, for the natives are so fond of flowers that they, too, wear leis continually as bands around their hats, and they bring and send them as presents and in compliment.
A man walked forward with an armload of leis and deposited them on the ground below the rail.
An armful ofleis dangled beside her, and although she wore the coronet which was evidence of her status the gardener did not seem to fear her.
The beautiful girl took his malo and leis and placed them along the sides of the valley, where they became beautiful trees and vines, and Hina made him live again; so Hiilawe became an aumakua of the waterfalls.
While Paliula was living with the people of the cold winds of Waianae she wore leis of mokihana berries and fragrant grass, and was greatly loved by the family.
Cha robh lochan no caochan, A bha ruith leis an aonach, Nach do chruinnich an t-aon lan A thoirt aon uair do shàth dhuit.
And it was on to Kilauea--the dream so near its ending; and of course we tossed into the pit of sea-surging lava our offerings to the Fire-Goddess of maile leis and of fish and hard poi wrapped moist in the ti leaves.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "leis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
