I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bluish tinge
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Her skin had a bluish tinge .
was tinged with sadness (= he also felt rather sad )
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His relief was tinged with sadness .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bluish
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His green eyes were taking on a bluish tinge and hers were going green with so much exchanging of deep looks.
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The light had a cold bluish tinge and the air was cooler too.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For the first time since her pregnancy I felt a tinge of worry about other men.
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It had a blue tinge to it.
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It has a very long neck like a duck, and the front of the body sometimes has a faint purple tinge .
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It was slowly taking up the pink tinges of the rising sun.
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The light had a cold bluish tinge and the air was cooler too.
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The red maples, at the edge of the clearing, have a reddish tinge .
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The thought touched me with a tinge of sadness, at the same time that the scent touched me with happiness.
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There was a yellow tinge to their skin.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sadness
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But the joy of birth was tinged with sadness .
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But New Zealand's delight was tinged with sadness after opener John Wright's announced his retirement.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Amelia called out cheerily to Jake, who remembered grinning, a grin tinged with anxiety.
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His flashes of light-hearted humour were commonly tinged with an awesome critical irony.
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It tinged the air with a smell of herbs and whisky.
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The golden crown of a sugar maple tinged with orange can startle you with its luminescence.
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This hope is tinged with anxiety.
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Was our modern age of triumph destined from the start to be tinged with despair?