high-coloured
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The story is brilliantly revealed through many overlapping accounts, tales told from different points of view in the Southern tradition like stories on the porch but all washed in the same, high-coloured prose.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2013
While he looked at her, she noticed, also, that he had a thin, high-coloured face, lighted by a pair of eager dark eyes which lent a glow of impetuous energy to his features.
From Virginia by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
He nodded at me amiably and continued his talk with Legrand, the second officer, who was dark and high-coloured, with a restless expression of face.
From Hurricane Island by H. B. Marriott (Henry Brereton Marriott) Watson
She could keep her wits, though her cheek was high-coloured and her hand had a secret desire to be nervous.
From The Old Helmet, Volume I by Susan Warner
The fair clethra and the sweet clematis had ended their short reign and were gone, and high-coloured sumachs flamed out in insurrection.
From Say and Seal, Volume I by Susan Warner
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