Their slender, varicoloured tentacles whipped out; the giant iridescent bubbles.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moon Pool] Reference

They formed a maze of varicoloured light points which seemed to coalesce in spite of their relative proximity to us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Duel Under the Double Sun]

A paper-thin chromatic wheel, made of light-battery material, turned magnetically and provided the varicoloured light source.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Voyage of the Space Beagle]

He'd given the briefcase to Kuznetski, and Kuznetski had taken out the batch of varicoloured papers and was going through them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kobra Manifesto]

In response to the darkness, my eyes sought the only faint light in the distance—the varicoloured light barely filtering through the glass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference

The country below has changed into a flat surface of varicoloured figures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun] Reference

Their slender, varicoloured tentacles whipped out; the giant iridescent bubbles climbed over the cadavers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moon Pool] Reference

A struggle heaved the varicoloured multitude-and, lo! each man stood upright, his load balanced on his head.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Land of Footprints] Reference

The varicoloured waistcoat, the sparkling studs and cravat pins, the bright, soft silk tie, were all subdued from their ordinary too-vivid effect by the grace with which they were carried.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gray Dawn] Reference

Here it must be conceded that when Jacob originally made his bargain, he certainly meant that the varicoloured sheep and goats were to be his, but only those that would be born under perfectly normal circumstances.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference

Page view page image: alley and avenue, grot and labyrinth, had been dimly illuminated with coloured lamps, showing like varicoloured glow-worms amid the foliage and shells; and if the bright scenery of Rose-Eden had been lovely by day, it was fay-land and witchery by night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Romance of Travel] Reference

He sat down for a few minutes on the warm grass, giving himself up to the idle pleasure of watching the birds skimming through the clear blue sky, -- the bees bouncing in and out of the buttercups, -- the varicoloured butterflies floating like blown flower-petals on the breeze, -- and he heard a distant bell striking the half-hour after eleven.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches] Reference

At that rather picturesque time this implied the flat-brimmed beaver hat; the long swallowtail, or skirted coat; the tight "pantaloons"; varicoloured, splendid, low-cut waistcoats of satin, of velvet, or of brocade; high wing collars; varnished boots; many sparkling, studs and cravat pins; rather longish hair; and whiskers cut close to the cheek or curling luxuriantly under the chin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gray Dawn] Reference

Bones, beads, sparkling metals, soft-tinted sea shells, and all of them blended with the varicoloured paints that he has compounded in nature’s mortar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vanishing Race] Reference