How to Use bluish in a Sentence

bluish

adjective
  • Such tails appear much fainter and glow with a bluish hue.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That's what gives it a warm orange hue against a bluish sky.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 28 May 2026
  • Hamilton slapped him in the face, which had turned a bluish gray.
    — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 2 Oct. 2017
  • Your child might be short of breath and may have bluish or gray skin around their mouth.
    — Dr. Shreya Doshi, Boston Herald, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The glossy toothed leaves are dark green with a bluish caste, and the berries are bright red.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The back of the chair on the left casts soft, bluish shadows on the wall.
    — Teju Cole, New York Times, 25 May 2023
  • All take their cue from bluish-green paint framing the window.
    — Bo Niles, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
  • Randolph chose a bluish-black hue for the walls of the small living room.
    — Chantal Lamers, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • These are always in warmer tones, while the present has a bluish starkness.
    — Lindsey Bahr, Twin Cities, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Overhead, a canopy of stars stretched across the bluish-black winter sky.
    — Pilar Guzmán, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The children look like siblings, with brown hair, bluish eyes and wide smiles.
    — Lynne Terry | The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 13 May 2017
  • Younger sea ice, including first-year ice, is shown in shades of bluish gray.
    — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Cool tones such as bluish-gray, mint green, and dark gray can make spaces feel cold or gloomy.
    — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 29 Dec. 2025
  • In the video, Lokesh waves his hands across the sand to produce the bluish glow.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024
  • But then his face began to turn yellow and the area around his eyes took on a bluish hue.
    — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • The sun peeked through bluish-gray clouds, and the aspen leaves were a brilliant shade of gold.
    — Brad Dokken, The Know, 31 July 2019
  • The area below an injured joint feels cold and clammy or looks bluish.
    — Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
  • This creates the bluish haze the eye can detect over the mountains.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Swipe it on for the perfect red-red—no bluish undertones here!
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Blue jays sport mostly blue feathers with a bluish crest that gives way to a white face and white chest.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 10 Nov. 2020
  • That faint bluish-gray light is light from the Earth reflected back to the moon.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Even a small amount of methemoglobin in your blood can block the uptake of oxygen and turn the skin bluish.
    — Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com, 3 Jan. 2021
  • The bluish-green needles of blue spruces are sure to stand out in holiday designs.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The bluish zones show higher life expectancies, with an increase of as much as a year.
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 28 June 2019
  • The mother closed her bluish eyelids and rested her red cheek on the rock between her hands.
    — Maciek Pożoga, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Cool greens, on the other hand, like emerald or mint, have a bluish undertone.
    — Jana Ackermann, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The body is on its back, arms and legs flung out, breathing fitfully through its mouth, face swollen, bluish.
    — John Domini, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2019
  • His back was a little more hunched, and his calves had a bluish hue from the veins showing through his thinning skin.
    — Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2022
  • Google’s phone seemed to have a bluish tint that’s noticeable when looking at the white flowers.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, Time, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The doctor appeared wearing gray slacks, a white button-down, and a bluish-gray sport coat.
    — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 5 July 2022

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