wine-colored
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of wine-colored
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Van Pelt, a leading big-tree authority, excitedly pointed to the official seal etched on the man’s wine-colored sweatshirt.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023
The work begins with Koh and Tines dressed in typical concert dress: she in a wine-colored gown, crowned with demure dark hair, and he in a tuxedo.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
But Alberta, draped in her wine-colored velvet and ropes of pearls, does the improbable by making being stuck in an old mansion with strangers from different centuries and circumstances look like a blast.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2021
Nearby, the first of the self-portraits with which Frida Kahlo would craft her own self-identifying image to the world, shows her as a Botticelli-like goddess dressed in wine-colored velvet before stylized blue waves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2016
Her Sunday dress was wine-colored silk with a dingy lace collar.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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