china-blue

• “Understanding dawned in those china-blue eyes, and damn it, they misted over.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Dark Side of Innocence

• “In the living room of his London home, film-maker Jamie Thraves is attempting to return to its cage a china-blue budgerigar named Sparky, which has taken up residence on the frame of a mirror.”

  The Guardian: Jamie Thraves: Life is bittersweet

• “He was attractive, with an iron-grey crew cut and bright china-blue eyes.”

  Simon & Schuster: Deadly Intent

• “Pink cheeks; china-blue eyes; and hair the colour of old Madame”

  The Newcomes

• “Princess Rowena (as she chose to style herself at home) looked so hard at him out of her china-blue eyes, that Sir Wilfrid felt as if she was reading his thoughts, and was fain to drop his own eyes into his flagon.”

  Burlesques

• “Hayley glared disdainfully at Nora with hard china-blue eyes, showing no hint of apology or discomfort.”

  Mistress for a Weekend

• “She was slim, and pale, and very English, with fair hair swept back in a tight knot and china-blue eyes.”

  Archive 2005-02-01

• “Her china-blue eyes met his and she gave him a playful smile, tossing her head so that her glossy brown hair bounced on her shoulders.”

  The Sheikh's Innocent Bride

• “His china-blue eyes under white eyebrows that jutted out in little horns, never stirred; the long upper lip of his wide mouth, between the fine white whiskers, twitched once or twice; it was easy to see from that anxious rapt expression, whence Soames derived the handicapped look which sometimes came upon his face.”

  The Man of Property

• “He peered at those dear gray-blue eyes of hers, but he could not calm himself enough to tell whether they were china-blue or basalt-black.”

  Our Mr. Wrenn

Show 10 more examples...