Citations:crow-black

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English citations of crow-black

jet-black, raven
  • 2010, Melissa A. Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, & the Vampire Franchise, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 61:
    ... crow - black hair " ( p . 331 ) , and Leah is described as " beautiful in an exotic way " ( p . 149 ) with " perfect copper skin , glistening black hair , eyelashes like feather dusters " ( p . 149 ) . Here , words such as " crow []
  • 2019 May 28, Johan Fundin, Disorder, Asioni Press, →ISBN, page 173:
    ... crow - black hair camouflages the real Catriona Milton . You have so far tried to hide your identity behind the darkness of sunglasses and beneath unglamorous clothes . Then you wanted to do something extra . “ Are you always that fast []
  • 2007 April 1, Tessa Radley, Black Widow Bride, Silhouette, →ISBN, page 71:
    ... crow-black hair had been brushed and secured into a stylish knot that made her look more like her usual immaculate self. Her cheeks held a slight blush, and her lips were coloured with the shade she'd worn as long as he could remember []
  • 2015 June 2, Sarah Messer, Ikkyu Sojun, Kidder Smith, Having Once Paused: Poems of Zen Master Ikkyu (1394-1481), University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 12:
    ... crow-black hair, and Lady Ban became a palace serving maid, a white silk fan abandoned on a shelf. Five hundred years later a poet remembered it: She holds the broom respectfully as the golden halls open at first light. Taking the []
  • 1923, W.H.HUDSON, HAM PSHIRE DAYS, page 232:
    ... crow - black hair , and black eyes ; of this rarest and most interesting type I shall speak last . Second , the person of average height , slightly oval face , and dark eyes and hair . The accompanying portrait of a young woman in a []
  • 2019 May 21, Minnie Darke, Star-Crossed: A Novel, Crown, →ISBN:
    ... crow black hair and demonstrating swordsmanship skills that Justine imagined had been hurriedly gleaned in an adult-education Try Your Hand at Fencing class. Lady Montague delivered her lines with the overblown pomposity of the worst []
  • 2018 September 27, Jason Elfert, Boy Gautama, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 188:
    ... crow-black hair loose to his waist, his own linens replete with its patches, a scroll on the ground at his side. That his father sits at his feet astounds the prince, but as powerfully, affirms what he knows: he has much to offer, much []
  • 2006, Ashok Banker, Bridge of Rama, Penguin Books India, →ISBN, page 29:
    ... crow - black hair . ' It always happens to me . If I lose control of my emotions , it triggers the change . I ... slip back into my own shape . ' He turned to look at her , and a slow , sly smile grew upon his face . ' But I fooled you []
  • 1918, Henry Bordeaux, Guynemer, Knight of the Air, page 113:
    ... crow - black hair tossed backward , would have resembled a Moorish chief had he been more impassable . But his features constantly showed his changing thoughts , and this play of expression gave grace and freshness to his face []
  • 2008 August 1, Dar Tomlinson, Unbreak My Heart, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 126:
    ... crow - black hair , earning a grunt of acknowledgement , then squatted beside Kai . " Plagiarizing another treasure , huh ? ” He ran a finger along the intricate Storm Pattern design , his eyes trailing her flying hands . " Where is the []
  • 2020 September 17, Henry Bordeaux, George Guynemer, Knight of the Air (WWI Centenary Series), Read Books Ltd, →ISBN:
    ... crow-black hair tossed backward, would have resembled a Moorish chief had he been more impassive. But his features constantly showed his changing thoughts, and this play of expression gave grace and freshness to his face. Sometimes it []
  • 2020 November 20, Delilah Devlin, Cage, Delilah Devlin:
    ... crow-black hair, he set his cup down and glanced around at the others seated there. Reaper cleared his throat. “This is our team, so far,” he said. “Beside you is Fredericka Newton.” The woman with the black hair offered him a quick []
  • 2016 February 9, Chuck Wendig, The Complete Double Dead, Abaddon Books, →ISBN:
    ... crow-black hair pulled back. Scraggly beard. Little teeth behind thin lips. Reached in past a shirtless vest and idly itched a nipple ringed in black hair. The guy had a distinct Charlie Manson vibe hanging around him—along with a gauzy []
  • 2010, Sarah Ash, Flight Into Darkness, Spectra, →ISBN, page 14:
    ... olive skin , framed by long , curling locks of crow - black hair , one side braided with crimson thread , Djihari - fashion . The young man removed his spectacles and Rieuk caught the unmistakable glimmer of mage 14 SARAH ASH.
  • 2011 March 15, Jim Kristofic, Navajos Wear Nikes: A Reservation Life, UNM Press, →ISBN:
    ... crow-black hair that grew down to his butt, and earrings in both ears. He wore boots, a straw cowboy hat, and a gold and silver buckle he'd won bull riding at an Indian rodeo in Shiprock. We had already fried the hamburger and warmed []