mauve

Example Sentences

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Her lips are a neutral dusty mauve, her bass guitar a lustrous red.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

Del Toro, 21, won the white jersey for best young rider, Denmark's Mads Pedersen claimed the mauve points classification jersey and Italy's Lorenzo Fortunato took the blue mountains classification jersey.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025

She also made one for herself in something of a mauve color that my sister has and which she gave to me first thing after the fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

“We have never done this color before. It’s a light mauve and darker violet. It sort of recalls the landscape of France.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2024

“Ah! I may mention without indiscretion, I hope, that I noticed the colour of your dressing gown on the way from Aleppo to Stamboul. A pale mauve, I believe.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie