All 4 Uses
tinged
in
Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline
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- Hours later, a faint blue tinge yields to the soft pastels of dawn, and soon enough sun is streaming in, the stop-start rhythm of the train making it all feel like still photography, thousands of images that taken together create a scene in motion.†
p. 33.2tinge = a slight amount; or to contain a slight amount
- Vivian spreads a hand across her chest, her pink-tinged fingernails as delicate seeming as a baby's.†
p. 85.1 *tinged = with a slight amount (often of color)
- THE LEAVES TURN FROM ROSE-TINGED TO CANDY-APPLE RED TO A dull brown, and I walk to the outhouse on a spongy, sweet-smelling carpet.†
p. 101.2
- Mr. Nielsen resembles a large gray mouse, complete with twitching whiskers, pink-tinged ears, and a tiny mouth.†
p. 187.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(tinged) with a slight amount
(If an amount of what is not clear from context, it is typically of color.) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)