Reddish

Examples

• It was a clay pipe, and its colour was reddish. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• From the coast inland, stretch, between flowered lanes and hedges, rolling pasture-lands of rich green made all the more vivid by th e deep reddish tint of the ploughed fields. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Before her was a small cauldron standing over a low fire and in it bubbled a thick, reddish, tarry mass. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Finely pulverized common clay, well mixed with Spanish white, makes reddish stone color. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• This one is reddish, as you see, so our Bacchanalia will turn out successfully. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Holmes pointed down the long tract of road which wound, a reddish yellow band, between the brown of the heath and the budding green of the woods. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Ahead of them was a reddish promontory running out into the calm waters, the trees fringing its crest like the mane of some wild animal. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• In winter, in cold countries or severe seasons, the fur changes from a reddish-brown to a yellowish-white, or almost pure white, under which shade the animal is recognized as the ermine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It is distinguishable from that of copper by possessing a paler yellow than pure gold, while the copper alloy has a color bordering upon reddish yellow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The glare of the unshaded gas shone familiarly on her pock-marked face and the reddish baldness visible through thin strands of straw-coloured hair. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The face looking up is a sallow face with weak eyes, surmounted by a tangle of reddish-dusty hair. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He rose with a start, his ingenuous face looking as though it had been dipped in crimson: even the reddish tint in his beard seemed to deepen. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• On reaching home he found the cord to be of a reddish colour. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The appearance of M ars, perhaps on account of its reddish color, was associated in their imaginations with war. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.

Typist: Silvia