I asked, noting the straw-coloured liquid in my glass. From Wordnik.com. [The Arrow of Gold] Reference
This, as it escapes, is at first clear and straw-coloured. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
A square-jawed wizard with thick straw-coloured hair winked. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]
… The belly fur is commonly straw-coloured and the feet black. From Wordnik.com. [not only do I get the - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Her straw-coloured hair was shoulder-length and she had a fringe. From Wordnik.com. [Piranha to Scurfy & Other Stories]
The pericardium contained about 10 ounces of straw-coloured fluid. From Wordnik.com. [An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners] Reference
In the tenth year it is at its best, when it becomes straw-coloured. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The pericardium contained about eight ounces of straw-coloured fluid. From Wordnik.com. [An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners] Reference
I swirled the dregs of the straw-coloured liquid around the heavy tumbler. From Wordnik.com. [Some by Fire]
And opposite him, a younger man with straw-coloured hair and bushy moustache. From Wordnik.com. [Sepulchre]
The pericardium was considerably distended from effusion of a straw-coloured fluid. From Wordnik.com. [An Investigation into the Nature of Black Phthisis or Ulceration Induced by Carbonaceous Accumulation in the Lungs of Coal Miners] Reference
His straw-coloured ring of cropped hair had an unruly spikiness, recalling the child. From Wordnik.com. [His Disposition] Reference
Joscelin let out a harsh breath and dug his hands through his receding straw-coloured hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
I didn't recognize him at first, glasses glinting and straw-coloured hair bobbing as he walked. From Wordnik.com. [The Striker Portfolio]
He was a tall shambling man with rough straw-coloured hair that was damp from the leaking roof. From Wordnik.com. [The Restaurant at the End of the Universe]
The flowers are daisy-like, 1½ in. across, and are straw-coloured, the petals being tipped with black. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
Flowers stalkless, with pointed, straw-coloured petals, forming a shallow cup about ¾ in. across the top. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
In another, a woman with straw-coloured hair sits on a roadside bench with a fast-food takeaway on her lap. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Graham: 'The photography I most respect pulls something out of the ether'] Reference
Magnus didn't look her in the eye; a thickset man with straw-coloured hair, rubbery lips and slightly bulging eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Bottled Spider]
I will discharge it in either your straw-coloured beard, your orange-tawny beard, your purple-in-grain beard, or your. From Wordnik.com. [A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil] Reference
There is no milk or sugar, and the tea is usually a straw-coloured, bitter liquid, very unpleasant to a European taste. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Japan] Reference
The knights are to wear a silver star with nine points, and a straw-coloured riband from the right shoulder to the left. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 06, December 8, 1849] Reference
Two, barrel-chested and moustached, with hair in straw-coloured braids down either cheek, held Cadfael pinioned by the arms. From Wordnik.com. [His Disposition] Reference
The girl who served him — a very pretty girl, with plaits of straw-coloured hair, wound Madonna-like round her head — named. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
The straw-coloured bottle brushes remaining at the branch tips mark the edges of the darkening ride like pale hanging lanterns. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: New Forest] Reference
A youngish man with flaxen hair, a bristly straw-coloured moustache, and a dropping nether lip, was sitting and holding my wrist. From Wordnik.com. [The Island of Doctor Moreau] Reference
He was rather a nice boy, Anne thought, with straw-coloured hair, blue eyes, and rather a red face which looked very good-tempered. From Wordnik.com. [Five Go Off To Camp]
The Frenchman had removed his beret, exposing an aquiline face, penetrating eyes and a tonsured pate fringed with straw-coloured hair. From Wordnik.com. [The mission song]
Mark was rather small himself, from undernourishment from childhood, and plain of face, with spiky, straw-coloured hair round his tonsure. From Wordnik.com. [St. Peter's Fair]
"Gigolette" he poured out two glasses of a pale straw-coloured liquid, then with the shaker poised over a third glass looked inquiringly at. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
After I had climbed into the driver's seat, adjusted the mirrors and fastened my seatbelt, Lino looked out the window at my straw-coloured lawn and asked, What's with your grass?. From Wordnik.com. [Driving lesson #3] Reference
Aroma: A straw-coloured wine displaying pear skin and apricot/peachy notes with a soupcon of lemon honey. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
The captain's moustache was straw-coloured; he wore it beyond the regulation length and caressed it infinitely. From Wordnik.com. [Vittoria — Complete] Reference
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