Sentence examples for once blue from inspiring English sources

He sat in an old Ford tractor, once blue, pulling a small cart.

Ms. Martin used to be in Once Blue, a band she led with Mr. Harris, before Norahmania changed the landscape for any singer-songwriter with a jazz background.

Ms. Martin enlisted him as her partner in a folk-pop band, Once Blue, which released its major-label debut in 1995; its subsequent brush with the mainstream included a slot on the first Lilith Fair.

(The song also appears on Norah Jones's recent album; Ms. Martin used to be in the band Once Blue with Jesse Harris, who writes and plays guitar for Ms. Jones now).

As a jazz musician who performed both solo and with a band named Once Blue, Martin spent much of her time on the road touring and performing, while being loosely based in New York City.

So many artists want to co-write with him now that Sony — which publishes his music but doesn't distribute the four records he's made with the Ferdinandos or the two with an earlier band, Once Blue — is beginning to turn people away.

The once blue-and-sparkly igloo ceiling is now grey and black and closing in.

Behind piles of softball-size turnips, velvety green collards and jars of mayhaw jelly (from the berries of the mayhaw tree, a member of the hawthorn family), the buildings that define the corner lot are decorated with large murals of romantic rural scenes, a reminder that the once blue-collar neighborhood is home to a growing number of museums and art events.

Also, as we begin to see three and four handles on once blue-chip stocks, are broker-dealers and advisers now compelled to urge clients to dump such "penny stocks," or are there those who will still advocating staying long and waiting out the recession?

Many neighborhoods that were once blue-collar, middle, and lower class have been gentrifying, as many of the city's traditional business and industrial districts have experienced a renaissance driven by the redevelopment of the Embarcadero, including the neighborhoods South Beach and Mission Bay.

But what happens in the state this June could have big ramifications in November, as Republicans hope to build on their gains in the once-blue state, while Democrats hope that voters will believe that the Republicans overreached after they came to power in the state.