Example Sentences
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The loveliest of them, the subtly toned “Perfect X Series: Nailing Tints and Wisps,” features the least legible X.
From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2015
Tints of rose and gold and violet were washed upon it as if painted by the softest brush.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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By the Author of "Purple Tints of Paris."
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert
Tints of purple, gold, and crimson were mirrored in the clear water of the harbour.
From Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard by Conrad, Joseph
Tints of pure pale blue from a greenish one, the colour of a starling's egg, to a grey ultramarine colour, hard to use because so full of colour, but incomparable when right.
From Hopes and Fears for Art by Morris, William