purple

Example Sentences

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Cut into it and you’ll reveal its delicate anatomy — layers of leaves, in shades of light green or purple, all tightly packed into one big ball.

From Salon

A palette of soft pinks, purples and blues lend warmth and dimension to Rana’s starkly beautiful home.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her hands and feet were ice-cold, her lips had turned purple and she was struggling to breathe.

From BBC

Decorated across one of the scarves, which Alavi said she would like to wear, she had embroidered purple butterflies taking flight.

From Barron's

“I’ll have to remember that. I’m talking about the girl in the magazine section, in the purple shirt, and the boy in the tax section, reading Your Guide to the IRS upside down.”

From Literature