tinct

Example Sentences

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The afternoon was green; this do I recall; the haze in the atmosphere pregnant with the tinct of leaf and grass, so the water, the sky, all appeared submerged.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

About eight o'clock in the evening, a noise is heard, dis- tinct even above the raging of the hurricane.

From The Survivors of the Chancellor by Verne, Jules

A little too much lucent syrup tinct with cinnamon, don't you think?

From Ponkapog Papers by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

It has a slight "tang" of archaism—just enough to suggest "lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon," or the "spice and balm" of Miller's sea-winds.

From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose

Silvers flushed To amethyst and tinct with gold.

From Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Lowell, Amy