TINGE in a Sentence
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51 example sentences for TINGE, such as:
1. His skin had an unhealthy greyish tinge.
2. There was a tinge of sadness in her voice.
3. She spoke very gently, but with just the least tinge of reproach.
4. She received this with a look from which all tinge of resentment had faded.
5. He read the thought upon my features, and his smile had a tinge of bitterness.
2. There was a tinge of sadness in her voice.
3. She spoke very gently, but with just the least tinge of reproach.
4. She received this with a look from which all tinge of resentment had faded.
5. He read the thought upon my features, and his smile had a tinge of bitterness.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of TINGE
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tinge
n. a pale or subdued color
v. color lightly
Classic Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1 He turned and looked at her where she lay indistinctly outlined under the dark calico quilt, her high-boned face taking a grayish tinge from the whiteness of the pillow.
2 The shadows were falling thicker now, the last greenish tinge had left the sky and a slight chill was displacing the balminess of spring.
3 Her eyes sought his once more, and she smiled inwardly at the tinge of apprehension that she read in them.
4 She spoke very gently, but with just the least tinge of reproach.
5 "Don't let us speak of it: I was very sorry for you," she said, with a tinge of disdain which, as she instantly perceived, was not lost on him.
6 She received this with a look from which all tinge of resentment had faded.
7 The tinge of constraint was beginning to be more distinctly perceptible under the friendly ease of his manner.
8 A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.
9 From his mother he had received only a slight mulatto tinge, amply compensated by its accompanying rich, dark eye.
10 The solitary window was so dirty that the light was hazy and uncertain, giving a dull grey tinge to everything, which was intensified by the thick layer of dust which coated the whole apartment.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
11 His skin was so unwholesomely deficient in the natural tinge, that he looked as though, if he were cut, he would bleed white.
12 For a moment he had staggered and nearly fallen, but the brandy brought a tinge of colour into his cheeks, and he sat staring with frightened eyes at his accuser.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
13 To his eyes all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge of melancholy lay upon the countryside, which bore so clearly the mark of the waning year.
14 He read the thought upon my features, and his smile had a tinge of bitterness.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
Context Highlight In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
15 This and a certain tinge of superstition were the only unusual traits in his character which his brother officers had observed.
Example Sentence:
1 There was a tinge of sadness in her voice.
2 His skin had an unhealthy greyish tinge.