Vocabulary Word
Word: tinge
Definition: give a slight degree of a color or quality to; N: slight degree of a color or quality; Ex. tinged with grey/jealousy
Definition: give a slight degree of a color or quality to; N: slight degree of a color or quality; Ex. tinged with grey/jealousy
Sentences Containing 'tinge'
The beauty and the commercial value of uncolored fabrics depend upon the purity and perfection of their whiteness; a man's white collar and a woman's white waist must be pure white, without the slightest tinge of color.
All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it.
No color that was visible anywhere was quite natural all tints were charged with a leaden tinge from the solid cloud bank overhead.
At this name the count, who had hitherto saluted every one with courtesy, but at the same time with coldness and formality, stepped a pace forward, and a slight tinge of red colored his pale cheeks.
It was quite as cadaverous as it had looked in the window, though in the grain of it there was that tinge of red which is sometimes to be observed in the skins of red-haired people.
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.
And when we consider that other theory of the natural philosophers, that all other earthly hues--every stately or lovely emblazoning--the sweet tinges of sunset skies and woods; yea, and the gilded velvets of butterflies, and the butterfly cheeks of young girls; all these are but subtile deceits, not actually inherent in substances, but only laid on from without; so that all deified Nature absolutely paints like the harlot, whose allurements cover nothing but the charnel-house within; and when we proceed further, and consider that the mystical cosmetic which produces every one of her hues, the great principle of light, for ever remains white or colourless in itself, and if operating without medium upon matter, would touch all objects, even tulips and roses, with its own blank tinge--pondering all this, the palsied universe lies before us a leper; and like wilful travellers in Lapland, who refuse to wear coloured and colouring glasses upon their eyes, so the wretched infidel gazes himself blind at the monumental white shroud that wraps all the prospect around him.
A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.
Its fins are pale brown, sometimes with a yellow tinge or faint dark spots.
It is usually cream, yellow or pale brown, often with a green or pink tinge.
Females and immatures have a paler head and reddish underparts; their grey back has a brownish tinge.
The back and nape often have a whitish tinge; almost as if it had been covered in a thin layer of flour ("meal"; hence its name).
In South America, it is commonly confused with the Yellow-crowned Amazon, but can be recognized by its larger size, less yellow to the crown (not entirely reliable, as some Yellow-crowned may show almost none), the whitish tinge to its plumage, broader white eye-ring, and red of the leading edge of the wing placed near the phalanx (not near the radiale), but this is often difficult to see (especially on perched birds).
In "Dad Rudd, M.P.," when Dad does come down and speak in Parliament, there is not one tinge of comedy.
When it is moist, the cap is ochraceous to pale brown to dark chestnut brown, but darker in the center, often with a greenish-blue tinge.
The outer body ranges from dark brown to black, while the legs are black with a red tinge.
Underneath, the surface of both sexes is bright pale green, sometimes with a yellow tinge.