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Examples

  • I blow a kiss to Encarnación's soft angles, her ruffled dress, her bone-white rose.

    Love Las Muertas Kirsty Logan 2011

  • Two small, sharp horns just about two inches above each ear, a soft bone-white, barely visible through her mass of dark brown hair.

    Horny Mary Capps 2011

  • The 'Gansett bock is creamy and refreshing, topped with a hefty, bone-white head and an aroma of buttermilk biscuits.

    In Like a Goat 2011

  • The mug is smooth and unadorned, the same bone-white, and the coffee is rich and dark and bitter.

    Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009

  • Their bald heads and bills were gray, not red and bone-white.

    Notes from the field: Vultures in the neighborhood 2009

  • Ever since, Lavin has ditched the tie and worn bone-white Nikes that look like they belong at a nurse's station.

    The Tournament, and What I Wore Ben Cohen 2011

  • “A man with bone-white hair” or “cream-colored hair” stimulates the mind.

    Why Weird Stuff Makes You Creative | Write to Done 2009

  • He could see the ridges on the roof of her mouth and the bone-white buds where her molars were beginning to come in.

    So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011

  • He could see the ridges on the roof of her mouth and the bone-white buds where her molars were beginning to come in.

    So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011

  • Their bald heads and bills were gray, not red and bone-white.

    Lance Mannion: 2009

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