Sentence examples for bluing from inspiring English sources

Reckitt's Pari-Blue, a bluing made in N.J., has on its label, "Recommended by the Prince of Wales'… One night during the rainy season, an elderly man climbed up on top of a Wash.

Reckitt's Pari-Blue, a bluing made in N.J., has on its label, "Recommended by the Prince of Wales' laundress".

Gin? Drink laundry bluing?

(Cleary gave many of us our first impressions of Oregon, as well as of pinking shears, bluing, davenports, and other exoticisms).

One year, he drew his gun so many times that the bluing on the barrel wore off.

And inside my head that old ticking marked the retreat of the clouds and their slow cooling from the colors of fire to the colors of dusk: from pink to purple, to the hue of a bluing plate along a rifle, and then to ash.

A bluing agent can mask the yellowish tint to make the material appear whiter, or the material can be treated with a fluorescent compound that absorbs ultraviolet light and weakly emits blue visible light.

"If what I have been told is true then it will be obvious to everyone that I find myself caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.

A wiry guy in a blue turtleneck and suède moccasins, he was equable but stubborn.

And, alas, two weeks after I had berated the JW Anderson sales assistant for not stocking a blue and white striped menswear shirt I wanted badly on its womenswear rails.

This picturesque small town is decked out in red, white and blue bunting, celebrating the fact that for the second time in 12 years it is hosting a vice-presidential debate.