TINGE in a Sentence

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This and a certain tinge of superstition were the only unusual traits in his character which his brother officers had observed.

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 Meanings and Examples of TINGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
tinge
 n.  degree, usually a slight degree, of some color, taste
Classic Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1  He turned and looked at her where she lay indistinctly outlined under the dark calico quilt, her high-boned face taking a grayish tinge from the whiteness of the pillow.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  The shadows were falling thicker now, the last greenish tinge had left the sky and a slight chill was displacing the balminess of spring.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  Her eyes sought his once more, and she smiled inwardly at the tinge of apprehension that she read in them.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 7
4  She spoke very gently, but with just the least tinge of reproach.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
5  "Don't let us speak of it: I was very sorry for you," she said, with a tinge of disdain which, as she instantly perceived, was not lost on him.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
6  She received this with a look from which all tinge of resentment had faded.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 7
7  The tinge of constraint was beginning to be more distinctly perceptible under the friendly ease of his manner.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 12
8  A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam's Story.
9  From his mother he had received only a slight mulatto tinge, amply compensated by its accompanying rich, dark eye.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
10  The solitary window was so dirty that the light was hazy and uncertain, giving a dull grey tinge to everything, which was intensified by the thick layer of dust which coated the whole apartment.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
11  His skin was so unwholesomely deficient in the natural tinge, that he looked as though, if he were cut, he would bleed white.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
12  For a moment he had staggered and nearly fallen, but the brandy brought a tinge of colour into his cheeks, and he sat staring with frightened eyes at his accuser.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
13  To his eyes all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge of melancholy lay upon the countryside, which bore so clearly the mark of the waning year.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6. Baskerville Hall
14  He read the thought upon my features, and his smile had a tinge of bitterness.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
15  This and a certain tinge of superstition were the only unusual traits in his character which his brother officers had observed.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
Example Sentence:
1  There was a tinge of sadness in her voice.
2  His skin had an unhealthy greyish tinge.