A very bright shade ofpuce is dyed by using Methyl Violet R, and 10 lb.
A very bright red tint of puceis obtained by using 2 lb.
Puce Je lui ai mis la puce à l’oreille = I made him feel uneasy (by rousing his suspicions, etc.
The flare of a wax vesta illumined the splendours of the puce dressing-gown.
Cashmore no more blenched now than he had blenched at the puce garment.
Whereupon the envied of all painters, the symbol of artistic glory and triumph, had assumed the valet's notorious puce dressing-gown and established himself in a hard chair for a night of discomfort.
But the case of the inhabitant of the puce dressing-gown was an exception to the rule.
He saw that the puce dressing-gown contained a man who was at the end of his tether, and with that good nature of his which no hardships had been able to destroy, he offered to attend to the preliminary formalities.
Light puce body with a hackle of the same colour, topping for tail, and a gaudily mixed wing, (not too much so) broad silver.
Yellow body, puce hackle, mixed wings, rib of silver, and tail a topping.
There is a collection of poems called "La PUCE des grands jours de Poitiers.
He mounts the scaffold, not without delay; he is in puce coat, breeches of grey, white stockings.
Headsman Samson, though he afterwards denied it, sells locks of the hair: fractions of the puce coat are long after worn in rings.
He mounts the scaffold, not without delay; he is in puce coat, breeches of gray, white stockings.
A stout well-oiled woman, in a very tight puce velveteen bodice with bright buttons and a large yellow lace collar, fastened with a blue enamel brooch, leaned forward interrogatively.
Headsman Samson, though he afterward denied it, sells locks of the hair: fractions of the puce coat are long after worn in rings.
Puce reserve paste, contains acetate of alumina mixed with the iron liquor.
Puce colour is communicated by logwood with a little alum; which may be modified by the addition of a little Brazil wood.
It serves for reds and pinks, and enters into the composition of puce and lilac.
Accordingly puce is worn, irrespective of scene harmony, and the lady is content.
There is no such thing as the leading lady insisting upon wearing a puce dress, as she does in England or anywhere on the Continent.
Placing the plate in front of the polarizer, I turn one of the Nicols until the two halves of the plate show a common puce colour.
Interrupting the current, the two colours fade away, and the primitivepuce is restored.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "puce" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
