Colouring
[kʌlәriŋ]
Examples
- You doubt me, cried Jane, slightly colouring; indeed, you have no reason. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- You are too kind, said Fanny, colouring at such praise; how shall I ever thank you as I ought, for thinking so well of me. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I have, returned Elinor, colouring likewise, and hardening her heart anew against any compassion for him, I have heard it all. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- I do indeed, replied Elizabeth, colouring. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Colouring a little under this compliment, Bella returned, 'I hope sir, you don't think me vain? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Our misery took its majestic shape and colouring from the vast ruin, that accompanied and made one with it. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Nothing particular, sir,' replied Mr. Giles, colouring up to the eyes. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- But I could not have come yesterday, my mother was so ill--for many reasons,' said Margaret, colouring. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Their composition is an emulsion of phosphorus with glue, nitre, and some colouring matters. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Clym has money, she said, colouring, but he likes to earn a little. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I do not understand you, replied he, colouring. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Some facts in regard to the colouring of pigeons well deserve consideration. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- She was small and delicately made, with warm colouring and large, dark hostile eyes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Not grotesquely fantastic are the forms of cliff and foliage, not violently vivid the colouring of flower and bird. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Its regular architecture, and the gray and mossy colouring communicated by time, gave it a just claim to this epithet. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Inputed by Carter