sloe

Example Sentences

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Their plum-like, inky blue-purple sloe berries became synonymous with the English countryside.

From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2024

It’s a wonderfully economic performance, all slouch and sloe eyes, offering a moral thermometer of the fallen world through which Raylan moves via Olyphant’s sly repertoire of expressions: grin, smirk, smile, hard stare, blank bemusement.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2023

Right now, I’m in a park, surrounded by new white sloe blossom, listening to Eden and trying not to let anyone see the faces I’m pulling.

From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2019

It is believed that Suffolk Pink dates back to the 14th Century and other natural ingredients such as elderberries, blackthorn or sloe juice were also added to create the colour.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2018

There was a hint of spring in her sloe green eyes, something summery in her complexion, and a rich autumn ripeness in her walk.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison