His hair hung long behind, and glossy raven-black. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
This raven-black shawl from her dead brow I tore. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845] Reference
His long unkempt hair and his beard were raven-black. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
The raven-black palm and fingers were massive, engulfing mine. From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
She looked as French as her ancestry, short, with raven-black hair. From Wordnik.com. [Clear and Present Danger]
Richard glanced up at the guardian of raven-black granite to his left. From Wordnik.com. [Temple of the Winds]
He was cleaning himself, his fur glossy and raven-black in the sunshine. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodstream] Reference
A woman of the Shin'a'in, with golden skin, sharp features, and raven-black hair. From Wordnik.com. [Oathbreaker]
My hair, which had been raven-black the day before, was as white as you see it now. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
Her hair would be dyed to a rich raven-black with just a hint here and there of red. From Wordnik.com. [jaxraven Diary Entry] Reference
Her raven-black hair escaped from its pins and tendrils of it drifted across her face. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Gamble]
Her hair was raven-black with shades of brown, and I could smell the odor of shampoo in it. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Rainbow] Reference
Upon the gurney lay a pregnant woman with raven-black hair plastered to her tear-streaked face. From Wordnik.com. [The Silent Cradle]
The delighted King gave him twelve raven-black horses, laden with as much wealth as they could carry. From Wordnik.com. [Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)] Reference
She studied her own raven-black hair, her thin nose, and her long slender eyebrows in the reflection. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodlines]
The hair was cut sloping to the nape, as Alexander used to wear it, but it was straight, heavy, and raven-black. From Wordnik.com. [Funeral Games]
Fine, glossy, raven-black hair is combed in profusion over brow and temples, but to him the disguise is apparent. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Small and exquisite, café au lait in complexion, with slanted eyes of emerald green, and silky, raven-black hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Luxembourg Run]
The image that glared down at the two of them, however, was stern and fierce, his curly hair and beard raven-black. From Wordnik.com. [Chosen Of The Gods]
His iceblue eyes were startling to an outsider, set beneath his raven-black hair, in an angular, golden-skinned face. From Wordnik.com. [Winds Of Fate]
Sviazhsky and Princess Varvara in a new char-a-banc with a big, raven-black trotting horse, overtook the party on horseback. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
"Weak and whimpering," Ceridwen declared, and her icy-blue eyes, so contrasting her raven-black hair, flashed like lightning. From Wordnik.com. [The Woods Out Back]
She looked up, big brown eyes wide, from under an unkempt mane of raven-black curls, her aura draining to muddy yellow-green. From Wordnik.com. [Born To Run]
Their eyes were light, their skins whiter even than a yellow-haired Achaean's, but their straight locks were raven-black. From Wordnik.com. [Time Patrolman]
Marie was a healthy, well-built, lithe lassie, with raven-black hair and eyes which snapped equally with pleasure or with wrath. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
Her hair and eyes were raven-black, her complexion dark and saturnine, and she wore an expression of care inconsistent with enjoyment. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times] Reference
Her eye sockets were empty, raven-black ovals, and her mouth, opened as if calling out for some long-lost love, was the entrance to a cave. From Wordnik.com. [And Other Tales Of Valdemar]
Her hair seemed raven-black, and in quantity profuse. From Wordnik.com. [The Portent & Other Stories] Reference
The skins of these were red, and their hair was raven-black. From Wordnik.com. [The Singing Mouse Stories] Reference
Her hair was raven-black and lay in great waving tresses upon the pillow. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Judgment] Reference
Instead, they wear their thick raven-black hair cut short in the European style. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II] Reference
At once one large German carriage, wis two raven-black horse, came alongside me. From Wordnik.com. [Boyhood] Reference
My hair which had been raven-black the day before, was as white as you see it now. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2] Reference
In a trice I saw myself with beautiful raven-black hair and the temptation was irresistible. From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Green Gables] Reference
These children of the sun prefer the raven-black beard, the tanned skin, and the gazelle eye. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846] Reference
Her hair was raven-black, her eyes sparkling, her lips red and her complexion fresh and bright. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers] Reference
Her raven-black hair gleamed and her smooth olive skin was stretched taut over high cheek bones. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
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