oyster pink

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noun

a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
(as adjective)oyster-pink shoes

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Words nearby oyster pink

oysterfish, oyster fork, oystering, oysterman, oyster mushroom, oyster pink, oyster plant, oystershell scale, oysters Rockefeller, oyster white, oysterwoman

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How to use oyster pink in a sentence

Twin girls, Greta and Grace, run around the floor in circles, wearing pink playsuits with tiny pink wings attached.
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She is smiling, a pink-striped hat on her head and a mini rainbow lollipop sticking out of her mouth.
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A guy wearing pink appeared to be spotting her, but I was worried that he could have gotten impaled by those Stiletto heels.
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On social media, Madusa refers to her fans as pink warriors.
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Uber pridefully wears its evil reputation the way other on-demand ride-sharing services wear fuzzy pink mustaches.
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The pink flowers are the largest while those of a yellow color are the smallest.
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That poor, pretty creature, starving, in her charming pink dress and hat of roses.
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In fact, on the palm a small drop of blood showed distinctly against the firm, pink flesh.
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"I am sorry," she replied instead, not saying a word about the poor little toes which the pretty pink lady had crushed.
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Her eyes were not nearly as soft as they had been, while she picked up the hanging folds of pink cloth, and went on.
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