Crossword clues for purpling
purpling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Purple \Pur"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purpled; p. pr. & vb. n. Purpling.] To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as, hands purpled with blood.
When morn
Purples the east.
--Milton.
Reclining soft in blissful bowers, Purpled sweet with springing flowers. -- Fenton.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of purple English)
Usage examples of "purpling".
There was, along the edge of her forehead, at the hairline, a long, slender, purpling bruise.
Her mouth was covered in cloth or duct tape, one of the two, and there was blood clotted at the base of one nostril, a bruise purpling over one eye.
Then she lifted the bow, ignoring the twinge in her arm, and willed herself forward and a bit down the slope ahead of her, so that she would present no profile against the purpling sky or the storm-lighted clouds.
His knee was swollen and purpling, but he did not allow himself to limp.
In the purpling light, she saw neither sympathy nor lack of it on the faces of the gathered outlaws.
Beyond the watchfires, the Thullish grassland stretched as if forever beneath a purpling sky where, one by one, the stars were emerging.
The burly knight nearby gave even more visible evidence of what appeared to be outrage, his face positively purpling as if he were a swelling pustule about to explode.
His prick was ridged and purpling, thick as her wrist and she couldn't even estimate its length.