Tinged
[tindʒd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Tinge
Typist: Pierce
Examples
- Nothing unbecoming tinged the pride; it was a natural and worthy one; but he observed it as a curiosity. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- A glow rested on them, such as tinged her complexion. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- That land, said Adrian, tinged with the last glories of the day, is Greece. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- When we rose again, I observed Holmes's eyes were shining and his cheeks tinged with colour. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then the passages were tinged with a subdued happiness that was even sadder than the rest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Men have oftener suffered from, the mockery of a place too smiling for their reason than from the oppression of surroundings oversadly tinged. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Still her voice rang on like a bell, tinged with a tone of mockery. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Pale enough that ray was on this particular morning: no colour tinged the east, no flush warmed it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- His face was immutable, aristocratic-looking, tinged slightly with grey under the skin; he was young and good-looking. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Cotton material, on the other hand, does not combine chemically with coloring matter and therefore is only faintly tinged with color, and loses this when washed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A slight and variable colour tinged her cheeks, and her motions seemed attuned by some hidden harmony of surpassing sweetness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- What dark-tinged draught might she now be offering? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- When he raised his face again, I was surprised to see that his cheek was tinged with color, and his eyes as bright as before his illness. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Soft shades encompassed us, and rocks tinged with beauteous hues. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Birkin, small and dark also, his hair tinged with moonlight, wandered nearer. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The purple of heath-bloom, faded but not withered, tinged the hills. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Uriah's cheeks lost colour, and an unwholesome paleness, still faintly tinged by his pervading red, overspread them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Her hatred of him was tinged with fatal contempt. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was a happy brooding, although tinged with regret at being separated for an indefinite time from her gentle aunt and dear cousin. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- For a moment the irony of the coincidence tinged Lily's disgust with a confused sense of triumph. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The three glasses were grouped together, all of them tinged with wine, and one of them containing some dregs of beeswing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Ponsonby's cheek was now tinged with the glowing blush of passion; yet he turned from my kiss like a spoiled child. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typist: Pierce