black and blue
Example Sentences
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The singer re-emerged wearing a sparkly black-and-blue outfit complete with roller skates as he introduced will.i.am for their collaboration OMG - a song title which reflected the crowd's reaction.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2024
But against the league’s most high-powered offense, its defense stepped up to deliver a black-and-blue 19-9 win over the Dallas Cowboys that should recharge Kansas City’s Super Bowl expectations.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2021
Thanks to the long break, the black-and-blue Blue Jackets are nearly at full-strength again.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2020
Revel’s black-and-blue mopeds have the acceleration of a motorcycle, the nimbleness of a bicycle, and, on New York streets where the speed limit is 25 mph, the legal top speed of a car.
From Slate • Aug. 29, 2019
A nasty black-and-blue swelled along his right cheek.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
