pink
noun
a color varying from light crimson to pale reddish purple.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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We took the road and left La Grange behind us just as the sun was pinking the sky.
From The Black Watch A Record in Action by Joe Cassells