Sentence examples for severe black from inspiring English sources

Terse elegance, in a "severe black pantsuit, close-cropped hair, no makeup" kind of way.

Her severe black hairdo and sharp fringe made the singer look uncannily like Devey.

And for a modern smokiness, switch severe black and grays for lighter blue, brown or plum.

Jane Twisden, a housekeeper clad in severe black, usually stays solidly planted in one spot.

Also, the chorus, women as well as men, are dressed throughout in severe black lounge suits, acting in a block.

She, too, wore a chador, except for a frisky leopard-skin scarf peeping out beneath the severe black head covering.

The severe black-and-white minimalism of Patrick's gadget-filled apartment has the feel of a high-rise morgue.

Pop domesticity also gets a grim overhaul, in a gallery anchored by early Lichtenstein (the severe black-and-white "Bathroom") and Mr. Oldenburg's monumental ashtray.

A woman in a severe black-and-white outfit in an orchard stands close, facing out with a wide-eyed, worried expression.

The curtain rises (in "The Four Temperaments") on a woman and man side by side, facing front, in severe black-and-white rehearsal costumes, formally offering and joining hands, presenting and flexing feet, then starting to transfer weight, all before a sky-blue backdrop.

Some are severe, black-on-white, rectilinear compositions with only the slightest variations.