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Examples
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Colourless of face, pinched and hollow of cheek, the civilians looked far from cheerful.
Work Camp 10760 L 2010
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The throwback rhythm from Ken Boothe's seminal reggae classic "Artibella" offers even starker relief, elevating one of the more subdued vocal performances on La Roux's self-titled LP into the stunning "Colourless Artibella."
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Colourless at first, it rapidly changes to a “carpet of tiny, shining, rose-coloured grains” as the sky darkens.
Guantanamo girliejones 2010
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Chomsky offers one possible example in the sentence "Colourless green ideas sleep furiously," which is actually a self-contradiction in a number of ways: anything green cannot be colourless; the quality of colour is not an attribute of ideas; ideas cannot sleep; sleep cannot be done furiously.
Archive 2008-08-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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Colourless at first, it rapidly changes to a "carpet of tiny, shining, rose-coloured grains".
you know how it is girliejones 2010
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Chomsky offers one possible example in the sentence "Colourless green ideas sleep furiously," which is actually a self-contradiction in a number of ways: anything green cannot be colourless; the quality of colour is not an attribute of ideas; ideas cannot sleep; sleep cannot be done furiously.
Notes on Strange Fiction: The Pataphysical Quirk Hal Duncan 2008
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Colourless at first, it rapidly changes to a "carpet of tiny, shining, rose-coloured grains".
Glitter Rose by Marianne de Pierres girliejones 2010
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The throwback rhythm from Ken Boothe's seminal reggae classic "Artibella" offers even starker relief, elevating one of the more subdued vocal performances on La Roux's self-titled LP into the stunning "Colourless Artibella."
Review of Major Lazer and La Roux's album ÂLazerproof' 2010
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Colourless at first, it rapidly changes to a “carpet of tiny, shining, rose-coloured grains” as the sky darkens.
Glitter Rose Collection now available for Preorder girliejones 2010
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Colourless, but firm as a marble statue, the Scot stood before him, with his bare head uncovered by any protection, his eyes cast down to the earth, his lips scarcely moving, yet muttering probably in prayer.
The Talisman 2008
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