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
Marching across the meadow, down its gentle slope, leaving a swath of purple paintbrushes and cotton grass in his wake, he pushed toward the river.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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