Example sentences for: ochre

How can you use “ochre” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The eastern end of the beach is a beautiful cove, hemmed in by cliffs and ochre rocks.

  • The simple brick buildings faced with ochre and blue stucco, though larger than those at Deir el-Medina are little changed in style.

  • (Which they've obviously rehearsed, since it includes such arcana as the provenance of the ochre used in the enamel-painting for Lepine watches in the 1840s.)

  • Unhidden by vegetation, the colors of the rocks — brick red, ochre, green, and purple-brown — are dramatically deepened at sunset and dawn, creating unforgettable views.

  • There are also words representative of other areas of Aboriginal life, such as boylya cleverman or wise elder, gnamma waterhole, kylie boomerang, miamia dwelling, monaych , originally the name of a cockatoo and by transference a police officer, nyoongar Aboriginal person, wagyl , the mythical rainbow serpent, wilgie , a red ochre used to paint the body on ceremonial occasions, and wongi , a word for an Aboriginal person, originally used around Kalgoorlie.


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