Example Sentences

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He said Liverpool "embodies the colourfulness and brightness of entire Europe" and definitely knew "how to make the world dance and sing along with you".

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2022

The effect was enhanced by the soft colourfulness of the Eastern night, framed by great white arches round the verandah, and the groups beneath these, of ladies, fair, and dark, in soft raiment.

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)

It was Goa Dourada, Golden Goa, Perola do Oriente, Pearl of the East, Roma do Oriente, and other such colourfulness that I was being assigned to.

From Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press by Various

Up to the time of going to California to live, Mr. Saltus' life had, in spite of its colourfulness, been more or less sad.

From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Saltus, Marie