olive drab
Example Sentences
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Others suggested Army Air Corps camouflage: dark olive drab, medium green, neutral gray.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
But the armed men with severe expressions who appeared in the doorway were wearing military uniforms different from the olive drab fatigues she had seen on Israeli soldiers.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023
Wearing the olive drab that has marked his transformation into a wartime leader, he looked visibly exhausted yet animated by a drive to persevere.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2022
There are prosecutors in suits and ties and soldiers in olive drab camouflage and combat boots.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2019
He forced his memory to move beyond the hand to the arm: it was clad in olive drab, army cloth.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
