Discoloured

Examples

• 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.
• A little way within the shop-door lay heaps of old crackled parchment scrolls and discoloured and dog's-eared law-papers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It was a discoloured face--it was a savage face. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• What a horrid looking-glass--it's all blotched and discoloured. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The lining had been of red silk, but was a good deal discoloured. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• She was handsomely dressed in stout black silk, of which not a thread was worn or discoloured. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Glancing at his hands, which were discoloured by his late work, the Doctor looked troubled, and listened attentively. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He touched his discoloured slouched hat, as he came in at the door, to a few men who occupied the room. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• One of these is discoloured and worn to some slight extent, but the other is new. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• They find the old room very dull and dismal, with the ashes of the fire that was burning on that memorable night yet in the discoloured grate. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The room smelt close and unwholesome; the walls were dirt-discoloured; and the ceiling blackened. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The outside was rough and worn, the leaves discoloured. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

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