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Purplish is an English word with synonyms like purple or violet. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Purplish in a sentence

Purplish meaning

Somewhat purple in colour/color.

Synonyms of Purplish

purple violet chromatic

Related words

Other words often associated with Purplish or its synonyms:

diatonic gilded regal amethyst colour rhetorical viola gold embellished noble majestic avocado

Using Purplish

  • The main meaning on this page is: Somewhat purple in colour/color.
  • Useful related words include: purple, violet, chromatic.
  • In the example corpus, purplish often appears in combinations such as: with purplish.

Context around Purplish

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

becoming 1× darker 1×

Often after:

red 3× blue 3× pink 1× outside 1× marks 1× dress 1× areas 1× brown 1× markings 1×

Sentence patterns with Purplish

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a darker purplish blue 1× bluish or purplish areas may 1× colored becoming purplish on exposure 1× flowers with purplish markings on 1× iowans are purplish and contrarians 1× jellyfish is purplish red with 1× purple or purplish brown 1× rash of purplish red splotches 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

each pack 116 1× fainter bluish or 1× fine quality alexandrite 1× fresh silver chloride 1× high voltage low 1× in its fresh 1×

Common sentence endings:

a gray mask 1× and yellow inside 1× artifact or coin 1× blue in colour 1× brushes see illustration 1× by the evening 1×

Words around Purplish

Just before it in the word index:

purples 28 purplebricks 5 purple 1.641 purpa 2 purosangue 2 puros 2

Just after it in the word index:

purport 46 purported 450 purportedly 302 purporting 88 purports 72 purpose 6.346

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaa 20 abductees 20 abdulahi 20 abetment 20 abhors 20 ablution 20

Corpus analysis for Purplish

  • In this selection, "purplish" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, becoming, darker, red, blue and pink stand out and add context to how "purplish" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a darker purplish blue and bluish or purplish areas may. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "purplish" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with purplish

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Iowans are purplish and contrarians with chips on their shoulders. (10 words)

This type of jellyfish is purplish-red with long, scraggly tentacles that sting. (13 words)

Tropaeolum brachyceras has convert yellow flowers with purplish markings on wiry, climbing stems. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

The color of fine blue sapphires may be described as a vivid medium dark violet to purplish blue where the primary blue hue is at least 85% and the secondary hue no more than 15%, without the least admixture of a green secondary hue or a gray mask. (48 words)

Fresh silver chloride, formed when silver objects are immersed for long periods in salt water, is pale yellow colored, becoming purplish on exposure to light and projects slightly from the surface of the artifact or coin. (36 words)

S." pins on the lapels, with a silver ring surrounding on those of enlisted members), matching trousers, and either a service cap or flight cap, all in Shade 1620, "Air Force Blue" (a darker purplish-blue). (36 words)

Example sentences (15)

The trees decorated the sides of the road with their purplish pink blooms, similar to sweet pea flowers.

This type of jellyfish is purplish-red with long, scraggly tentacles that sting.

Iowans are purplish and contrarians with chips on their shoulders.

According to the report, the unidentified 63-year-old was healthy before coming down with a fever, trouble breathing, leg pain, and a rash of purplish-red splotches on his face and legs.

Each pack (¥116 after tax) boasts a handful of chewy treats vaguely resembling the titular food, complete with a purplish outside and yellow inside.

Mysterious “red and purplish marks with little bumps” also appeared, but were gone by the evening.

She was short and round, and every now and then she'd wear a purplish dress to class.

Fainter bluish or purplish areas may be visible between the yellow brushes (see illustration).

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Fine-quality alexandrite has a green to bluish-green color in daylight (relatively blue illumination of high color temperature ), changing to a red to purplish-red color in incandescent light (relatively yellow illumination).

Fresh silver chloride, formed when silver objects are immersed for long periods in salt water, is pale yellow colored, becoming purplish on exposure to light and projects slightly from the surface of the artifact or coin.

High-voltage, low-energy discharges create filamentary multibranched discharges which are purplish-blue in colour.

In its fresh condition this protist is soft and cartilaginous, varying in color from a greenish-yellow, through red, to a dark purple or purplish-brown.

S." pins on the lapels, with a silver ring surrounding on those of enlisted members), matching trousers, and either a service cap or flight cap, all in Shade 1620, "Air Force Blue" (a darker purplish-blue).

The color of fine blue sapphires may be described as a vivid medium dark violet to purplish blue where the primary blue hue is at least 85% and the secondary hue no more than 15%, without the least admixture of a green secondary hue or a gray mask.

Tropaeolum brachyceras has convert yellow flowers with purplish markings on wiry, climbing stems.

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Common combinations with purplish

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "purplish" in a sentence?
An example: "The trees decorated the sides of the road with their purplish pink blooms, similar to sweet pea flowers." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "purplish" from authentic English texts.
What does "purplish" mean?
Purplish means: Somewhat purple in colour/color.
What are synonyms of "purplish"?
Common synonyms of "purplish" include: purple, violet, chromatic.
How many example sentences with "purplish" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "purplish", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.