Tinted
['tintid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Tint
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Examples
- He was always well dressed, very neat and plain, but his eyes were weak, just as mine are, and he wore tinted glasses against the glare. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- White pearls include pure white and white slightly tinted with pink, blue, green or yellow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He rummaged in his coat pocket, and, drawing out a piece of discoloured, blue-tinted paper, he laid it out upon the table. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He had risen from his chair and was standing between the parted blinds gazing down into the dull neutral-tinted London street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Our rooms were large, comfortably furnished, and even had their floors clothed with soft, cheerful-tinted carpets. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Thus the southern shores of America, Australia, and New Zealand may have become slightly tinted by the same peculiar forms of life. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- No answer; only the brown eyes filled, the faintly-tinted lips trembled. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Dip an oar, and its blade turns to splendid frosted silver, tinted with blue. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Shirley's clear cheek was tinted yet with the colour which had risen into it a few minutes since. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It was a giant dog, as large as a calf, tawny tinted, with hanging jowl, black muzzle, and huge projecting bones. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- There in the wardrobe hung those wonderful robes--pink and blue and many-tinted. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No plaster is used anywhere; but the exterior and interior walls are smooth and may be painted or tinted, if desired. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- What do you think of marrying to sober Poverty many-tinted Caprice? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He threw over a sheet of thick, pink-tinted note-paper which had been lying open upon the table. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The sitting-room of our client opened by a long, low, latticed window on to the ancient lichen-tinted court of the old college. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He tinted a twilight scene--I hold it in memory still--such a picture I have never looked on from artist's pencil. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Of these colored white pearls, the delicate, lightly-tinted, pink pearl of fine color and luster known as rose is most beautiful. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- So were the tinted spectacles and the curious voice, which both hinted at a disguise, as did the bushy whiskers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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