raven's-wing

And me, I am haunted by my last big brother, with his raven's-wing hair and devilish smile, the man who entrusted me with his stories and what he feared were the crumbling bits of his humanity.

Monday purplefrog26 2009

She was posing against a wall, just head and shoulders, but there was such sensuality about her Bardot-like pout and the way her raven's-wing hair spilled over her bare, white shoulders.

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

Ianira, blithely ignoring the adoring worshippers who trailed her like pilot fish in the wake of an ancient schooner, swept long strands of glossy, raven's-wing hair back from her forehead.

Ripping Time Asprin, Robert 2000

Shahdi Feroz, as elegant and composed as a Persian queen, dark hair upswept in a mass of thick, raven's-wing waves, glanced at Skeeter, evidently aware of his intent scrutiny, and started to speak -

Ripping Time Asprin, Robert 2000

There was Mikel, panther-poised, every muscle clear to see beneath the form-fitting azure, bone strong in the amber face, a defiant cockade in the headband confining the raven's-wing hair - a Belov to the last chromosome.

Genesis ANDERSON, Poul 2000

As her fingers threaded through the thick raven's-wing curls, she sighed.

Too Many Bosses Freed, Jan 1995

His virile, curling black hair had the raven's-wing sheen betraying remote Italian forebears, and for that matter there was in his entire cast of countenance and the poise of his fine head something statuesquely Roman, Southern, exotic.

The Orchard of Tears Sax Rohmer 1921

She was of the rarest type of Andalusian beauty, tall, pliant, and slenderly strong, with raven's-wing hair and splendidly languorous eyes, her creamy cheek as smooth as velvet, and a mouth like a small ripe fruit.

In the Palace of the King A Love Story of Old Madrid 1881