purple
Example Sentences
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Recently though, instead of the soft red petals, some people have been opting for the brown, blue or purple of crisp banknotes, folded, rolled or fastened together into floral-like bouquets.
From BBC
There’s something purple and sticky on her palm, but I choose to ignore that.
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"Her purple and blue dyes, in return for cloth."
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Glory picked up a purple pen on the desk and tapped it to her chin, her eyes narrowed in concentration.
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I was wearing purple pants, a purple shirt, and purple socks and sneakers.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.