PURPLE in a Sentence

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For PURPLE, below is one of 109 sentences:
And as Wade's face went purple with his squalling, she snapped crossly: "Give him that sugar-tit in your pocket, Priss."

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 Meanings and Examples of PURPLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
purple
 n.  chromatic color between red and blue
Classic Sentence: (96 in 7 pages)
1  And as Wade's face went purple with his squalling, she snapped crossly: "Give him that sugar-tit in your pocket, Priss."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  Two black braids fell on either side of her face and her closed eyes were sunken in twin purple circles.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
3  If we're all the raw stuff of the cosmic effects, one would rather be the fire that tempers a sword than the fish that dyes a purple cloak.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
4  Having corrected the irregularity, she seated herself on one of the glossy purple arm-chairs; Mrs. Peniston always sat on a chair, never in it.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
5  She visioned the fire-box: flames turned to lemon and metallic gold as the coal-dust sifted over them; thin twisty flutters of purple, ghost flames which gave no light, slipping up between the dark banked coals.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  She knitted an astounding purple scarf, which she hid under his supper plate.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
7  He carried her into the stall, stripped off her overshoes and boots, stopping to blow on his purple fingers as he fumbled at her laces.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
8  She observed that there were purple and red gold threads interwoven with the brown.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
9  The band was reorganized, and provided by the Commercial Club with uniforms of purple and gold.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
10  I am no coward, but what to make of this head-peddling purple rascal altogether passed my comprehension.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
11  As its name imports, it is of an exceedingly rich, mottled tint, with a bestreaked snowy and golden ground, dotted with spots of the deepest crimson and purple.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand.
12  He went to Black Hawk and bought her a set of plated silver in a purple velvet box, good enough for her station.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: III
13  Each time, Marija would emit a howl and fly at them, shaking her fists in their faces, stamping upon the floor, purple and incoherent with rage.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
14  It was a study in colors now, this smoke; in the sunset light it was black and brown and gray and purple.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
15  The roof of it was of a purple hue, and trimmed with gold; the house itself was silvery, and the doors and windows red.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
Example Sentence:
1  When mists as chill as death wandered to the impulse of east winds along those purple peaks, and rolled down "ing" and holm till they blended with the frozen fog of the beck!
2  It's hard to tell what color the Second Lady's ensemble is due to the lighting, but we're calling it a deep purple.
3  I did her hair, soft-like, round her forehead, all in dainty curls, and just to one side of her neck I put a bunch of most beautiful purple pansies.
4  When old Falstaff blushed, his face was mottled with embarrassment, all pink and purple and red.
5  The queen, dressed in regal purple, was joined by her husband.
6  Did you know the dye is purple on your hair when you're doing it that color?
7  When mists as chill as death wandered to the impulse of east winds along those purple peaks, and rolled down till they blended with the frozen fog of the beck!
8  It was wrapped in shiny, green paper with a purple bow.
9  Despite occasional patches of purple prose, the book is mostly clear and incisive.
10  The priest wore a purple vestment to conduct the funeral services.
11  His boots and purple beret identify him as commanding the Scottish Paratroops.
12  The team has hit a purple patch, with nine wins from their last ten games.
13  The plant has a brilliant purple flower.