hueless
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The bright orange of pumpkins being trucked in from the agricultural fields beyond the community boundary—seen in an instant, the flash of brilliant color, but gone again, returning to their flat and hueless shade.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
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"Pray, Emil, do not distress yourself over anything so absurd," coldly interposed Gerald Goddard, but with almost hueless lips.
From The Masked Bridal by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.
She was still young and beautiful in a silvery style, but her hair was of so dusty and hueless a brown that in some shadows it seemed to have turned totally grey.
From The Innocence of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
What hath come to thee? in thy hollow eye And hueless cheek, and thine unquiet motions, Sorrow and Shame and Conscience seem at war To waste thee.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
The grass grew rare, A blight lurked in the darkening air, The very moss grew hueless and spare, The last daisy stood all astunt; Behind his back the soil lay bare, But barer in front.
From Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems by Rossetti, Christina Georgina
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