soft-hued

Example Sentences

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Then a young senator from Illinois, Mr. Obama stands before a washy background of blue-and-gray stripes, but Ms. Peyton’s adoring, soft-hued portrait appears shatteringly sad now that the promise so many saw has been annulled.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2016

The substance of this alluringly dreamy work was etched in a slowly unfolding, soft-hued chord progression on the organ, the tolling of a small bell and a gentle, expanding xylophone line.

From New York Times • May 9, 2010

Maurice Prendergast, went to Paris, returned to paint Manhattan's Central Park in the pure colors of a soft-hued tapestry.

From Time Magazine Archive

I knew a man: in autumn clearness      His even course,—      His heart's fine force Like autumn sky in soft-hued sheerness.

From Poems and Songs by Palmer, Arthur Hubbell

Last of all by candlelight, Yasmini came, scented and fresh and smiling as the flower from which she has her name, dressed now in the soft-hued silken garments of a lady of the land.

From Guns of the Gods by Mundy, Talbot