Example sentences for: purple

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

  • Nearby in the Purple Hills is Mingxiaoling, the tomb of Emperor Hong Wu, founder of the Ming Dynasty.

  • But once the idea of a gay subtext has been planted, Louie the Lilac (as played by Milton Berle) isn't just a villain who likes to wear purple.

  • On a hardwood frame, silver and gold threads are woven into fine silk, usually of emerald green, dark red, purple, or royal blue.

  • This painting inspired several paragraphs of purple prose from Martin Heidegger, when the old Nazi was holed up in his thatched cottage in the Black Forest after the war, thinking about "The Origin of the Work of Art."

  • "He was one of the last painterly painters," maintains Marden, adding that Rothko's great composition of purple, white, and red ( Untitled , 1953) is "like an impressionist work, because of the kind of touch involved."


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