purple
Example Sentences
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The place was in an uproar, and Upton’s face grew purple.
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"Gross," he moaned when he opened it and actually saw the chunks of slippery purple meat.
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Her toes were painted a sparkly purple, matching the color on her nails.
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They were purple and sweet with seeds that got stuck in my teeth.
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The last of the mountain apples are so deeply red they’re almost purple.
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