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  • adjective of the color of black ink

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Examples

  • "I was an afterthought," says Josephine, a vivacious woman with a sparkling smile and deep-set blue eyes framed by lavishly long ink-black lashes.

    Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Woman Who Isn't Lost in Translation Nancy Ruhling 2012

  • "I was an afterthought," says Josephine, a vivacious woman with a sparkling smile and deep-set blue eyes framed by lavishly long ink-black lashes.

    Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Woman Who Isn't Lost in Translation Nancy Ruhling 2012

  • In fact, the oak is thriving on the warm weather, while the ink-black, conical buds of the ash respond more to the lengthening hours of daylight.

    Plantwatch: showmanship in the woods 2011

  • AND, INDEED, THE Dark Ages did turn out to be extremely dark: coal-black and jet-black, pitch-black and ink-black.

    Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

  • AND, INDEED, THE Dark Ages did turn out to be extremely dark: coal-black and jet-black, pitch-black and ink-black.

    Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

  • Illustration by Ryan Etter Erin Morgenstern, an elfin painter with ink-black hair and a fondness for bowler hats, Tarot cards and antique clocks, has never published so much as a short story before.

    Conjuring the Next Harry Potter Alexandra Alter 2011

  • After Vincente and the tech had left, Chase entered, his expression drawn, his ink-black hair still wet from a recent shower.

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

  • After Vincente and the tech had left, Chase entered, his expression drawn, his ink-black hair still wet from a recent shower.

    Dreams of a Dark Warrior Kresley Cole 2011

  • The words are accompanied by some wonderful ink-black illustrations by Steve Leialoha, whether they are single or full double-page spreads, or small depictions on the corner of the page, that continue the mood of a fairytale that you never want to end.

    2010 May 11 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • The modern ninth-inning man is now personified by the San Francisco Giants' Brian Wilson, arguably more recognizable for his ink-black beard and unorthodox sartorial habits than for his accomplishments on the field.

    Too Normal to Be the Closer? Mike Sielski 2011

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