puce

Example Sentences

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At 6:38 a.m. on Tuesday, Piers Morgan, his face puce and contorted with anger, stormed off the set of his own live breakfast show, seemingly forever.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2021

Glazes are often brash and runny, chartreuse entwined with grape or puce with orange and off-white.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2015

As messy as the characters’ lives become, the midcentury color scheme — based on puce, plum, pistachio and pumpkin — remains reassuringly tidy.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2010

Warming to its theme, the statement continued blethering indignantly, drawing itself up to its full height as it went a worrying shade of pompous puce.

From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2010

I thought about colors I hated: ecru, puce, lavender, beige and black.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou