Vast wells of peacock-blue space 'churned with golden clouds. From Wordnik.com. [In Other Worlds]
The peacock-blue gown she wore was opulently oversewn with pearls. From Wordnik.com. [Ship Of Destiny]
The carpet comes in Pompeiian red, with moss-green and peacock-blue patterns. From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference
One day another of our members, Abd al-Ahad, came clutching a bag full of peacock-blue, pea-sized beans. From Wordnik.com. [Scents & Sensibility] Reference
Bunches of chives, basil, eggplant, and even strawberries were already bursting out from the peacock-blue pockets. From Wordnik.com. ['Chefs Move To Schools' Program In Los Angeles: Cecconi's Adopts Melrose Avenue Elementary] Reference
His costume, of peacock-blue spider-silk, cut and decorated elaborately, was impressive and impractical in the extreme. From Wordnik.com. [Winds Of Fate]
Esther Levenson, wrapped in peacock-blue scarves, stood upright before the black mantel, her hands crossed on her breast. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
Black net darned with gold, crimson, peacock-blue, and pale-yellow and pale-olive, results in a charmingly Eastern or Oriental effect. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
One small fan is made of the orange and pale-blue, another of the old-rose with sulphur-yellow, and the third peacock-blue and crimson. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
The peacock-blue tiles that adorn much of the rest of the public rooms are by. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Natalie was sitting with her hands folded, in the exact center of a peacock-blue divan. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Days] Reference
Doggie's own peacock-blue and ivory sitting-room when he was mournfully playing the piano. From Wordnik.com. [The Rough Road] Reference
The wall-paper, which he had designed himself, was ivory-white with veinings of peacock-blue. From Wordnik.com. [The Rough Road] Reference
There was a brightly flowered Brussels carpet, and plush curtains in a cheerful shade of peacock-blue. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Road]
In the distance, in a peacock-blue sky, the double gleam of the City Hall tower shines against the night. From Wordnik.com. [Pipefuls] Reference
Curtains she saw of peacock-blue; and in a tall, narrow recess, dominating the room, squatted a great golden. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Chinatown] Reference
It was of a pretty peacock-blue color, and, besides securing a paper, would be sure to attract her attention. From Wordnik.com. [A Phyllis of the Sierras] Reference
He gave her the rich rock with its peacock-blue coloring and plunged forthwith into a description of his find. From Wordnik.com. [Rimrock Jones] Reference
He knows where a red noun should go, and where a peacock-blue verb, and where an adjective as darkly purple as a grape. From Wordnik.com. [The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages] Reference
I have eaten snake soup in Red Sea, floated in the Dead Sea and snorkelled in the peacock-blue waters of a Maldives atoll. From Wordnik.com. [mirror.co.uk - Home] Reference
There was a full moon, and a lozenge of moonlight, almost peacock-blue by contrast with his candle-frame, lay on the floor. From Wordnik.com. [Widdershins] Reference
The peacock-blue curtains were wearing so well, and the carpet really hardly looked at all rubbed even when the sun came slanting in. From Wordnik.com. [The Key]
'Then if he were here you'd probably make me put away the peacock-blue, for fear of hubris and Nemesis and so forth, and go up to Oxford. From Wordnik.com. [Philistia] Reference
Then I've got three afternoon dresses, the grey you gave me, the sage-greeny aesthetic one, and the peacock-blue with the satin box-pleats. From Wordnik.com. [Philistia] Reference
A peacock-blue tie, white collar, and a snowy white solah helmet. From Wordnik.com. [Plain Tales from the Hills] Reference
He’s wearing loafers without socks and a peacock-blue sweater that looks abundantly soft. From Wordnik.com. [Memory Wall] Reference
A charming dress, the peacock-blue; it looks as if it might have stepped straight out of a genuine Titian. From Wordnik.com. [Philistia] Reference
(a great feature) a little court tiled with jade-green tiles, and surrounded by pink hydrangeas in peacock-blue tubs. From Wordnik.com. [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference
The affair of Lady Portington’s pearls had enabled her to replace the old peacock-blue curtains which had weathered the war. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Wall]
Caroline, dressed in a peacock-blue silk blouse and dark tailored trousers, looked neat and almost childlike beside her husband’s bulk. From Wordnik.com. [Leave the Grave Green] Reference
Michael sat on the end of a peacock-blue divan. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Spoon] Reference
The cushions were ivory and peacock-blue. From Wordnik.com. [The Rough Road] Reference
It was soon of a colour resembling peacock-blue. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
And beats it from red to peacock-blue and black. From Wordnik.com. [Men, Women and Ghosts] Reference
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