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  • Right now she was all woman, six-foot-three of ridiculously high-priced and small-sized designer suit and stiletto heels on a velvet-black frame.

    Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010

  • She remembered the deepness of the night, the vastness of the velvet-black sky, the glitter of stars overhead.

    Hollywood Husband Contract Wife Porter, Jane 2006

  • Crouching in the deep velvet-black shadows of the bushes, he scrutinized the great jut of rock which stood out in bold relief in the moonlight.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • Crouching in the deep velvet-black shadows of the bushes, he scrutinized the great jut of rock which stood out in bold relief in the moonlight.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • I knelt at the base of the statue with a wordless prayer, my skirts spilling in billows over the twining foliage, the petals of crimson satin with their velvet-black stamens, vivid as the mote in my eye.

    Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

  • Crouching in the deep velvet-black shadows of the bushes, he scrutinized the great jut of rock which stood out in bold relief in the moonlight.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

  • Clouds swept across the moon, then the night was velvet-black again, except for the golden track forged ahead of them by the headlights.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • Clouds swept across the moon, then the night was velvet-black again, except for the golden track forged ahead of them by the headlights.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • Clouds swept across the moon, then the night was velvet-black again, except for the golden track forged ahead of them by the headlights.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • Clouds swept across the moon, then the night was velvet-black again, except for the golden track forged ahead of them by the headlights.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

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