sky-colored

Example Sentences

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The beads of the rosary, which were twisted around the waist of her sky-colored habit, rustled as she moved.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Emma comes into the kitchen and sets her cereal bowl, half-filled with sky-colored milk, next to the sink.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

My eyes grasp at the prisoners corralled behind the soldiers, locking on each row, desperately scanning for sky-colored material.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

You know dat I know dat yo' po' measly sky-colored milk sours up into mighty fine clabber ter feed yo'ng tukkeys wid—you an' me, we knows dat, don't we?

From Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches by Stuart, Ruth McEnery

In the locker-room they met, the placid sky-colored eyes of Miss Bundt meeting Miss Clark's in the wavy square of mirror.

From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie