Example Sentences

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One day when she ventured upon a bit of criticism, precisely about an azure-tinted poplar, he made her go to nature and note for herself the delicate bluishness of the foliage.

From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

And now, as if for the first time, they perceived the horrible bluishness of his face and the loathsome corpulence of his body.

From Best Russian Short Stories by Seltzer, Thomas

His hair in wild disorder, cheeks fallen in and corpse like with the bluishness of clay, the chūgen grinned and threatened.

From Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)

Her hair was as black as her dress; her eyes, when one saw them, seemed blacker than either, on account of the bluishness of the white surrounding the pupil.

From Balcony Stories by King, Grace E.

It was of a tawny color, with great, irregular areas of yellow and patches of bluishness.

From Sand Doom by Leinster, Murray