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How to use indigo in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun, adjective

Indigo means a purplish-blue color. Example: “It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.”

Examples of indigo by meaning

nounA greenish dark blue color; the color of indigo dye.

  • It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 6, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC

More sentences with indigo

  • Cochineal was cultivated in individual households, indigo was common, and several dyewoods were indigenous.1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 336. From the entry dyewood
  • “Hexachromats” have normal color vision apart from their difficulty in discriminating indigo.1966, Kai von Fieandt, The World of Perception, The Dorsey Press, page 103. From the entry hexachromatic
  • Her exquisite figure was enhanced by a wonderful gown of indigo charmeuse.1922, Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary. From the entry charmeuse
  • Except for the indigo, the dyebaths are steeped over heat to release their pigment and then strained to remove the dyestuff.2026, Elise Young, “Yagaa: Reviving Sericulture in Southern Mexico”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 17. From the entry strain
  • Sarkies' family firm traded in indigo, betel-nit and stick-lac.2020, Sujit Sivasandaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 207. From the entry sticklac
  • My favorite bloodswap castes for karkat are fuchsia and indigo.2013 April 8, avery (@leirant), Twitter. From the entry bloodswap
  • Aboubakar Fofana, a Malian artist who divides his time between Paris and Bamako, creates indigo textiles made from handspun cotton and linen.2009 May 28, Marianne Rohrlich, “From France and Mali, Shades of Indigo”, in New York Times. From the entry handspun
  • For example, woad, a blue dye obtained from the plant Isatis tinctoria, was used throughout the Mediterannean and Europe and is often identified as indigo.2007, Richard L. Myers, The 100 Most Important Chemical Compounds: A Reference Guide, page 152. From the entry woad
  • In this study, we successfully achieved indigo production from indole by AS and bioaugmented AS, and the associated microbial communities were revealed by Illumina MiSeq sequencing technology.2015 September 16, “Microbial Community Dynamics and Activity Link to Indigo Production from Indole in Bioaugmented Activated Sludge…. From the entry bioaugmented
  • The most important weeds other than grasses are indigo, Sesbania macrocarpa Muhl., curly or frizzly indigo, Aeschynomene virginica (L) B.S.P., and Mexican weed or birdeye, Caperonia castaneaefolia (L) St.1947, Journal of the American Society of Agronomy - Volume 39, page 395. From the entry birdeye
  • Blazes Boylan presented to the leaders’ skyblue frontlets and high action a skyblue tie, a widebrimmed straw hat at a rakish angle and a suit of indigo serge.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey]…. From the entry skyblue

Meaning of indigo

  1. noun A purplish-blue color.
  2. noun A greenish dark blue color; the color of indigo dye.
  3. noun A blue-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.

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Questions about indigo in a sentence

How do you use indigo in a sentence?
Indigo is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.”
What is a short sentence with indigo?
“Sarkies' family firm traded in indigo, betel-nit and stick-lac.”
What does indigo mean?
Indigo means a purplish-blue color.

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