ochre
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Since then, engraved ochre, beads and abstract marks from South African sites such as Blombos Cave, some 70,000–100,000 years old, have shown that symbolic behaviour was already established in Africa long before.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
Sand and dust storms -- driven by severe drought, rising temperatures and deforestation -- have cloaked cities and villages in an endless ochre haze, grounded flights and filled hospitals with patients suffering from breathing difficulties.
From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025
Throughout his career, Lowry favored mostly five colors: ochre, blue, black, white and red.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
“We can now be quite confident that ferrihydrite is the dominant iron-bearing mineral causing Mars' distinctive ochre color,” Valentinas said.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2025
The whole complex, recently painted with a mix of red ochre and buttermilk, stood against the sky like a row of giant beets popped clear of the earth.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
Among other things which lay strewed about here, were a spearshaft, eight feet in length, recently made and ochred; parts of old canoes, fragments of their skin-dresses, &c.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 387, August 28, 1829 by Various
The smoke swirled and eddied out into the room and hung about the ochred walls, and made more umber than it was before the map of Europe over the fireplace.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
Among other things which lay strewed about here, were a spear-shaft, eight feet in length, recently made and ochred; parts of old canoes, fragments of their skin-dresses, &c.
From Report of Mr. W. E. Cormack's journey in search of the Red Indians in Newfoundland by Cormack, W. E. (William Epps)
He saw a small, brick- paved yard, in which trim myrtles and flowering plants stood about in freshly ochred pots, and, opening the door a little wider, he slipped in and closed it behind him.
From Sentence Deferred Sailor's Knots, Part 4. by Owen, Will
He saw a small, brick-paved yard, in which trim myrtles and flowering plants stood about in freshly ochred pots, and, opening the door a little wider, he slipped in and closed it behind him.
From Sailor's Knots (Entire Collection) by Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)
Vocabulary lists containing ochre
