How to Use bluish in a Sentence

bluish

adjective
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  • The back of the chair on the left casts soft, bluish shadows on the wall.
    — Teju Cole, New York Times, 25 May 2023
  • In the driveway next to the house sat a bluish gray BMW.
    — Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The beard looks great, even if it’s blown out and bluish.
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 June 2019
  • The glossy toothed leaves are dark green with a bluish caste, and the berries are bright red.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 19 Oct. 2022
  • His ears, which were a bluish hue at one point, turned red.
    — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
  • This is a grass with blades that are bluish green in color.
    — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The sun peeked through bluish-gray clouds, and the aspen leaves were a brilliant shade of gold.
    — Brad Dokken, The Know, 31 July 2019
  • Overhead, a canopy of stars stretched across the bluish-black winter sky.
    — Pilar Guzmán, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2023
  • These are always in warmer tones, while the present has a bluish starkness.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Twin Cities, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Cool tones carry hints of pink, plus red or bluish hues.
    — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The color wasn’t the bluish white of snow and ice, but rather a radiant, pink-hued ivory.
    — Mark Johanson, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2023
  • Even a small amount of methemoglobin in your blood can block the uptake of oxygen and turn the skin bluish.
    — Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 3 Jan. 2021
  • But then his face began to turn yellow and the area around his eyes took on a bluish hue.
    — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • The bluish-green needles are long (up to 7-9 inches), feathery and clumped in groups of five.
    — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 24 Dec. 2020
  • It is made with polyester fabric and comes in three colors: blue, gray, and bluish gray.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Blue jays sport mostly blue feathers with a bluish crest that gives way to a white face and white chest.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 10 Nov. 2020
  • To counter the resulting bluish tint, whiteners—plaster of Paris, or chalk—were added to the recipe.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Younger sea ice, including first-year ice, is shown in shades of bluish gray.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2021
  • The oval 2-inch leaves are rich green with a slightly bluish cast, and are attractive in their own right.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The person has bluish or purplish-colored lips and nails.
    — Fox News, 6 July 2022
  • The area below an injured joint feels cold and clammy or looks bluish.
    — Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
  • Swipe it on for the perfect red-red—no bluish undertones here!
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 13 Apr. 2022
  • His back was a little more hunched, and his calves had a bluish hue from the veins showing through his thinning skin.
    — Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2022
  • For starters, the napkins come in two soothing, neutral hues: a creamy beige with bluish stripes and a blue-gray with ivory stripes.
    — Jenna Adrian-Diaz, Bon Appétit, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The mother closed her bluish eyelids and rested her red cheek on the rock between her hands.
    — Maciek Pożoga, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • The body is on its back, arms and legs flung out, breathing fitfully through its mouth, face swollen, bluish.
    — John Domini, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The bluish zones show higher life expectancies, with an increase of as much as a year.
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 28 June 2019
  • But there are rare occasions when a moon does take on a bluish hue, CNN reports.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2020
  • The doctor appeared wearing gray slacks, a white button-down, and a bluish-gray sport coat.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 5 July 2022
  • The goal should be a light bluish smoke out of the exhaust pipe, or ideally, nothing at all outside the heat waves.
    — Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 1 June 2020

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