Example Sentences

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There is a melancholy in this that will tinge our thoughts, let us draw ever so strongly on our philosophy.

From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony

I did not know how the love of a woman will tinge a man's whole life and every action with unselfishness.

From The Stark Munro Letters by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

A curious illustration is seen in the fact that if madder be mixed with the food of pigs, it will tinge their bones red.

From Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Steele, Joel Dorman

Suppress your appetite for the immature grape; shortly variegated autumn will tinge for thee the lirid clusters with a purple hue.

From The Works of Horace by Horace