blue velvet
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Besides an enormous stage, blue velvet curtains, a mixing console and safe catwalks, the building also features new classrooms and rehearsal spaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
She appears in a low-cut blue velvet dress, her hair down and singing in a country where music is effectively banned.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
We waited a couple of months in our apartment, which had blue velvet curtains that I remember because I loved the feel of them.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 28, 2023
There will also be 100 congregation chairs in Westminster Abbey, made from sustainable British oak and covered in blue velvet with the King and Queen Consort's cyphers.
From BBC ● May 1, 2023
“You wore a blue velvet dress with darts down the front.”
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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