Cheeks: Dubonnet aka wine-colored blush was applied. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
He brought out a big bottle of wine-colored liquid. From Wordnik.com. [Yon Ill Wind]
The wide lawn appeared to be an inlet of a wine-colored sea. From Wordnik.com. [Vermilion Drift] Reference
As for the wine-colored henrietta, it had never been becoming. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
She took her wine-colored cloak from its hook and opened the door. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
He unfastened her wine-colored wool skirt, and tried to slip it off. From Wordnik.com. [The Piano Teacher] Reference
By six-fifteen she was up and humming, draped in a wine-colored kimono. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Edge] Reference
I tinted it kinda wine-colored just to play with the whole "sangria" idea. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
It was painted a rich egg-yellow and had a wine-colored carpet on the floor. From Wordnik.com. [AGoodManIsHardToFindAndOtherStories]
The wine-colored carpets are dour, and the stark white walls need more color. From Wordnik.com. [Philocrites: First Congregational-Pentecostal Church.] Reference
I had on a wine-colored Eileen Fisher sweater, my hair pulled up in a ponytail. From Wordnik.com. [2nd Chance]
The shiny wine-colored fabric works better on the ready-to-wear dress, I think. From Wordnik.com. [Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 9 Recap: Eyeshadow of a Doubt] Reference
He also grows beautiful dark, wine-colored dahlias in a row just like potatoes. From Wordnik.com. [JOIE DE VIVRE] Reference
The same light captured wine-colored highlights in her dark, henna-treated hair. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
She wore a wine-colored dress, and there was a gold cross and chain around her throat. From Wordnik.com. [Half of Paradise] Reference
The rest half-slept as the Dakota sailed through the wine-colored skies of the African night. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
When she said she loved wine-colored yarns, Kate reminded me of the fiber sent to me by Julia. From Wordnik.com. [Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety-Jog] Reference
I had snipped the exact same similar strip out of the page behind it, a dark wine-colored print. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Screwing Up] Reference
This one has got wine-colored eyes, -- 'n' that's the reason they turn a fellah's head, I suppose. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859] Reference
Lady Bertram enquired as she bestowed a look of approval upon her goddaughter's wine-colored habit. From Wordnik.com. [The English Witch]
Trapspringer wore his finest cloak of black velvet, a sparkling, white tunic, and wine-colored pants. From Wordnik.com. [Kendermore]
I just cut up my last maternity outfit a wine-colored velvet number for a gypsy costume at Halloween. From Wordnik.com. [The Long-Expected Maternity Dress - A Dress A Day] Reference
Florence wore the wine-colored winter coat her mother had made her with rabbit trim and a matching hat. From Wordnik.com. [Lily Koppel: A Red Leather Diary Christmas Story] Reference
I had worn my best new wine-colored Islamic-ly correct outfit, but when I walked into the auditorium (!). From Wordnik.com. [Open Letter to Columbia University Community: Accept President Ahmadinejad's Invitation-If I Can Do it So Can You] Reference
The wine-colored lamp on Kurnos™s desk burst into a storm of glass shards that tinkled onto the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Chosen Of The Gods]
COOPER (voice-over): With a wine-colored birthmark on his forehead there's no mistaking Mikhail Gorbachev. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2005] Reference
Her serious brown eyes, deep brown with wine-colored lights in them, met those of each of her friends in turn. From Wordnik.com. [Turn About Eleanor] Reference
Perhaps the decorator was banking on the age-old adage "Everything looks better through wine-colored glasses.". From Wordnik.com. [These Cakes Are Not Wrecks (But They Play Them on TV)] Reference
As ever, he was clad in gaudy finery that involved voluminous quantities of blue silk, wine-colored velvet, and gold brocade. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
It was all arranged, and grandma went to town to buy slates, pencils, speller, and a stick of wine-colored ribbon to tie up our hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate] Reference
And the old lady picked out a scrap of marvelous brocade, with silver-white roses on a wine-colored ground, and smoothed it on her knee. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference
Madonna, shone through the faint motes that snowed across the candlelight, drew down its flush from the wine-colored lanterns in the pine. From Wordnik.com. [Tender is the Night] Reference
Next they took the old wood-road and came out on the dozen acres of clearing where the wine grapes grew in the wine-colored volcanic soil. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XXIV] Reference
Betsy put on her new wine-colored cashmere that Cousin. From Wordnik.com. [Understood Betsy] Reference
Miriam has two poplins and a black silk, and mother a wine-colored merino, only. From Wordnik.com. [A Confederate Girl's Diary] Reference
I recently reupholstered the chairs with wine-colored velvet fabric by Robert Allen. From Wordnik.com. [Apartment Therapy Main] Reference
People died every month, with their bodies covered in sores and dark, wine-colored blotches. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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