How To Use Dark-green In A Sentence
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Not even for a new left hand, a keeper, would Wallingford have blinked or looked away from that sideslipping view of the dark-green trees and the suddenly tilted horizon.
The Fourth Hand
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The normal dark-green traps and burnished red porphyries and grits were sparsely clad with the Shauhat and the Yasár trees, resembling the
The Land of Midian
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So that was Larie's third world -- an island with a soft rug of bright-green grass, and big shelfy rocks of red and green and gray, and rugged dark-green trees, with white gulls resting on the branches, and a lighthouse with its signal.
Bird Stories
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The door, which opened on to a show of most brilliant flowers, was overlaid completely by the lamarque rose we have before referred to; and large clusters of its creamy blossoms, and wreaths of its dark-green leaves, had been enticed in and tied to sundry nails and pegs by the small hands of the little mistress, to form an arch of flowers and roses.
Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. Vol. I
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Close at hand stood the familiar ruins of a half - burnt mansion, occupied by French soldiers, with lilac bushes still dark-green by the fence.
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Many studies have shown that the Holocene basement stratum in Shanghai region consists of hard clay with upper dark-green and lower yellowish-brown layer.
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On Republic Square, outside the old House of Government building, stands a row of Central Asian elms, shaped into perfect domes like a row of soldiers in dark-green busbies.
Wildwood
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Start with dark-green lettuce (such as romaine or red leaf), and choose vine-ripened tomatoes for the most flavor.
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They came in their long dark-green cloaks and golden armor, carrying perfectly polished bows and marching in perfect synch.
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There were two kinds; one grew upon a dark-green bush, and had a tart and saltish taste, the other grew upon a bush of a much lighter colour, the fruit round and plump and much superior to the former; in taste it very much resembled some species of dark grape, only a little more acid.
The Journals of John McDouall Stuart
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In Stueck, 110 by 134 inches, a brushy rectangle of pink and pale orange is loosely framed against a dark-green coil: hose, serpent or tentacle.
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I know this because I recently went into Gap to try on a nice grey cardigan with dark-green trim and horn buttons, mindful that this could be my key purchase for autumn 2004.
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Then I added two herbs used by American Indians: the rich, dark-green leaves of plantain for relieving irritated skin and sticky grindelia flowers, or “gumweed,” with their light, fresh scent, to treat the itch of poison ivy and poison oak.
The Last Chance Dog
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Researchers point out that dark-green leafy vegetables -- Brussels sprouts, spinach, broccoli -- are all good sources of the vitamin.
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He was dressed in a dark-green dress coat, knee breeches of the color of cuisse de nymphe effrayee, as he called it, shoes, and silk stockings.
War and Peace
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Dark-green streaks and rings also appear in the leafstalks and stems.
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There are solitary rock-columns that spring straight up out of the water and dark grottoes with narrow entrances; there are barren, perpendicular precipices, and soft, leaf-clad inclines; there are small points, and small inlets, and small rolling stones that are rattlingly washed up and down with every dashing breaker; there are majestic cliff-arches which project over the water; there are sharp stones that are constantly being sprayed by a white foam; and others that mirror themselves in unchangeable dark-green still water.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
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On his left the gulley was a dark-green smear on the hillside, directly below him was open grass where the bushbuck would cross.
When the Lion Feeds
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The hops would be hanging heavy on the bine by now, rows upon rows of dark-green, spice-aromad swags, waiting to be harvested, picked by the nimble hands of men, women and children alike, most of whom came from London for a working late-summer holiday.
Excerpt: An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear
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The radical leaves are lyrate and roughish when young; those of the stem clasping, or heart-shaped, at base, and of an oblong form, -- all somewhat fleshy, of a dark-green color, with a glaucous bloom.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.
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They occur naturally in such foods as dark-green leafy vegetables and orange, yellow, and red foods, such as yams and carrots.
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He was a short-framed man, dressed in a dark-green vest and combat pants.
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When it came to her diet, Randi decided to make small but significant changes: She started by trimming her portion sizes and adding a vegetable or a dark-green leafy salad to every meal.