Example Sentences

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It would be an easy thing to see that stick in daylight; it was a brightish yellow colour and would be easily distinguished against the prevalent greens and browns around there.

From The Borough Treasurer by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)

They were ripe, each about the size of a small chicken’s egg, the skin of a brightish yellow.

From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles

His speech was brightish, cleverish, and yet there was something wanting.

From Sketches in the House (1893) by O'Conner, T. P.

Her brightish blue dress, of rough cloth, was nothing particular, notwithstanding the fit of it.

From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

For the first four days there was no hæmoptysis, but for the succeeding nine days small brightish red clots were expectorated.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry