colored
Example Sentences
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Her skin colored with what I assumed was embarrassment at being caught out.
From Literature
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As part of a care package Bri put together for the teenage sister of the baby she helped, for example, she included colored pencils and a sketchbook.
From Salon
Venetian painting of the Renaissance is richly, radiantly colored, mainly because it is oil-based, unlike the Florentines’ water-based tempera, which yields a more chromatically subdued result.
But as he watched, there rose from the water a herd of horses; horses with long tails and fins, colored silver and sea-green, leaping like dolphins from the water.
From Literature
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It’s another frustrating night at my table, working by the light of my green-shaded lamp, marking up messages with colored pencils.
From Literature
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