Example Sentences

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And now, as if for the first time, they perceived the horrible bluishness of his face and the loathsome corpulence of his body.

From Best Russian Short Stories by Seltzer, Thomas

The disagreeable and deadly bluishness of his hands and face was covered up with paint; his hands were whitened, his cheeks rouged.

From Best Russian Short Stories by Seltzer, Thomas

One day when she ventured upon a bit of criticism, precisely about an azure-tinted poplar, he made her go to nature and note for herself the delicate bluishness of the foliage.

From His Masterpiece by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

Her hair was as black as her dress; her eyes, when one saw them, seemed blacker than either, on account of the bluishness of the white surrounding the pupil.

From Balcony Stories by King, Grace E.

You see a hand gripping something; you see the eyes and forehead of an engineer's face; you perceive that an overall bluishness beyond the engine is the back of another man.

From War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)