indigo

Example Sentences

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Across the gold-leaf ground, horsemen of the avant-garde charge into the indigo ocean, firing arrows in pursuit of the fleeing Taira clan boats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

I also found an indigo blue kimono to wear at an art event later this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

As the sub dropped below 200 metres, the last traces of light disappeared, and indigo faded into total darkness.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

"Kissing me under the indigo / I begged for the morning sun not to rise / Oh, what a beautiful starry night," she sings, totally besotted, on the ballad Indigo.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025

On the bottom shelf behind a row of salves in squat clay jars he found a vial of indigo glass, no larger than his little finger.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin