purple

Example Sentences

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The light on Mag is framed like a melodramatic diva’s spotlight, and the close-ups of Delano’s electric purple lip gloss and severe makeup heighten the sequence’s sense of surrealism.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

Wear described the latter, also purple, as looking like a “short owl with little eyes looking at you and a little beak.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Adidas' iconic three stripes feature along the shoulders and down the sleeves and a purple and green thistle motif, symbolising Scotland's national flower, is on the reverse collar.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

According to his 2006 memoir, “Against All Odds,” he struggled for breath after birth and turned bluish purple.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Just as the sky was fading from black to purple, my hands and arms were almost back to normal and they slipped out of the ropes.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff