How to Use pinkish in a Sentence

pinkish

adjective
  • The cloves have a slight pinkish tinge.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Its back is gray while its sides and belly are pinkish.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The lemons have pink pulp sacks, giving the flesh a pinkish hue.
    — Nashia Baker, Martha Stewart, 31 Mar. 2026
  • With white nails, this will look like a pinkish hue starting from the base of the nail.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Each fresh cut should be a pinkish-red color and well-marbled.
    — Kellie Speed, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The girl had a face that was delicate, pinkish and gaunt in some lights.
    — Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
  • Some pieces have a warm pinkish tone, while others have a bronze effect.
    — Damon Johnstun, oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Most shipworms are sort of beige, or whitish, maybe slightly pinkish.
    — Alan Burdick, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2017
  • Other streams joined its dance, and then a faint pinkish ribbon high, high in the sky.
    — Hazlitt, 7 June 2023
  • That night was mild, with pinkish clouds drifting through a clear sky over the Seine.
    — People Staff, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022
  • My first set of Match Stix have a pinkish, bronzy tint with a hint of shine.
    — Rozalynn S. Frazier, SELF, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The junkanoo show’s sounds waft across the pinkish sands and piercing blue waters of the beach.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2024
  • After a few tries, the pellet breaks open, and in his palm a small, pinkish tablet spills out.
    — Greg Myre, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Lawrence wore her hair in a sleek, straight style, and opted for rosy makeup and a nude pinkish lip.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 June 2023
  • The claws will appear pinkish nearest the foot and clearer at the tip.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 12 June 2017
  • The drink features green apple with a drizzle of dark mocha and a pinkish whip.
    — Paul Gattis, AL.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Around midnight the edges of the lunar surface can still take on a pinkish glow.
    — Dean Regas, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Dec. 2025
  • So what if the avatar was blond with fair skin, blue eyes, pinkish lips, and loose hair and looked nothing like me?
    — Melanie Curry, refinery29.com, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The light from a Himalayan salt lamp cast his torso in a warm, pinkish hue.
    — Nicole Krauss, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2020
  • The carotenoid pigments in this alga gives flamingos their pinkish hue.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
  • On a bed of ice cubes, oysters puddle in their shells next to a sliding pinkish moraine of shrimp.
    — David Roth, The New Republic, 27 Oct. 2020
  • And the terraces, with big pinkish concrete tiles, look a little, well, lame.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Both snakes are pinkish-tan to grayish-brown, with bands being dark gray, brown or reddish brown.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
  • Patches on the tongue are missing papillae, which are tiny, pinkish-white bumps, and look like a map.
    — Julie Jordan, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
  • There may also be blood in your urine for the first few days and a slightly pinkish color for up to three weeks.
    — Jamin Brahmbhatt, Verywell Health, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Seen from below, its stomach is pinkish-white, researchers said.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Cara Cara oranges have a pretty pinkish hue and have a tiny bit of a berry flavor.
    — Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2020
  • The leaves give way to small tubular flowers in pinkish-purple hues in summer.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The pieces appear to be part of a round plastic pellet that was filled with a pinkish powder.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The pinkish-purple blooms appear in summer and last into the fall.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026

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