PURPLE in a Sentence
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109 example sentences for PURPLE, such as:
1. The plant has a brilliant purple flower.
2. It was wrapped in shiny, green paper with a purple bow.
3. The queen, dressed in regal purple, was joined by her husband.
4. The priest wore a purple vestment to conduct the funeral services.
5. The team has hit a purple patch, with nine wins from their last ten games.
2. It was wrapped in shiny, green paper with a purple bow.
3. The queen, dressed in regal purple, was joined by her husband.
4. The priest wore a purple vestment to conduct the funeral services.
5. The team has hit a purple patch, with nine wins from their last ten games.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PURPLE
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purple
a. excessively elaborate or showily expressed
n. a purple color or pigment
Classic Sentence: (96 in 7 pages)
1 And as Wade's face went purple with his squalling, she snapped crossly: "Give him that sugar-tit in your pocket, Priss."
2 Two black braids fell on either side of her face and her closed eyes were sunken in twin purple circles.
3 If we're all the raw stuff of the cosmic effects, one would rather be the fire that tempers a sword than the fish that dyes a purple cloak.
4 Having corrected the irregularity, she seated herself on one of the glossy purple arm-chairs; Mrs. Peniston always sat on a chair, never in it.
5 She visioned the fire-box: flames turned to lemon and metallic gold as the coal-dust sifted over them; thin twisty flutters of purple, ghost flames which gave no light, slipping up between the dark banked coals.
6 She knitted an astounding purple scarf, which she hid under his supper plate.
7 He carried her into the stall, stripped off her overshoes and boots, stopping to blow on his purple fingers as he fumbled at her laces.
8 She observed that there were purple and red gold threads interwoven with the brown.
9 The band was reorganized, and provided by the Commercial Club with uniforms of purple and gold.
10 I am no coward, but what to make of this head-peddling purple rascal altogether passed my comprehension.
11 As its name imports, it is of an exceedingly rich, mottled tint, with a bestreaked snowy and golden ground, dotted with spots of the deepest crimson and purple.
12 He went to Black Hawk and bought her a set of plated silver in a purple velvet box, good enough for her station.
13 Each time, Marija would emit a howl and fly at them, shaking her fists in their faces, stamping upon the floor, purple and incoherent with rage.
14 It was a study in colors now, this smoke; in the sunset light it was black and brown and gray and purple.
15 The roof of it was of a purple hue, and trimmed with gold; the house itself was silvery, and the doors and windows red.
Example Sentence:
1 When mists as chill as death wandered to the impulse of east winds along those purple peaks, and rolled down "ing" and holm till they blended with the frozen fog of the beck!
2 It's hard to tell what color the Second Lady's ensemble is due to the lighting, but we're calling it a deep purple.
3 I did her hair, soft-like, round her forehead, all in dainty curls, and just to one side of her neck I put a bunch of most beautiful purple pansies.
4 When old Falstaff blushed, his face was mottled with embarrassment, all pink and purple and red.
5 The queen, dressed in regal purple, was joined by her husband.
6 Did you know the dye is purple on your hair when you're doing it that color?
7 When mists as chill as death wandered to the impulse of east winds along those purple peaks, and rolled down till they blended with the frozen fog of the beck!
8 It was wrapped in shiny, green paper with a purple bow.
9 Despite occasional patches of purple prose, the book is mostly clear and incisive.
10 The priest wore a purple vestment to conduct the funeral services.
11 His boots and purple beret identify him as commanding the Scottish Paratroops.
12 The team has hit a purple patch, with nine wins from their last ten games.
13 The plant has a brilliant purple flower.