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Day was breaking, the east was tinging with strange fires, the clouds breaking up for the coming of the sun; and at the sight, nameless terror seized upon his mind.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Stevenson, Robert Louis

It had been raining all day, but now in the late afternoon the clouds had broken and the light of the low sun was tinging the landscape with a mellow golden glow.

From Action Front by Cable, Boyd

But, during that appalling conflict, whilst the blood of the valiant was tinging the streets of Preston, where was the General, who should have shared the dangers with his officers?

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. by Thomson, Mrs.

Morning was tinging the hills which bound the eastern horizon of Winnica before Thaddeus found that his pelisse was wet with dew, and that he ought to return to his tent.

From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Porter, Jane

Her face was full of wonder, and upon it fell the soft glow of light that now was tinging the eastern sky.

From The Belovéd Traitor by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)