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Example sentences for "umber"

Lexicographically close words:
umbel; umbellata; umbellate; umbelliferous; umbels; umberell; umberella; umbilical; umbilicate; umbilicus
  1. Burnt Umber is the same colour burnt, by which it becomes darker and richer in colour.

  2. Raw Umber is a natural earth, containing oxide of manganese; it is quite permanent.

  3. Its fading defiance sounds in the umber and red of autumn leaves.

  4. A mixture of two parts of brown umber and one part of sulphuric acid, with spirits of wine or methylated spirits added until it is sufficiently fluid, will serve for white wood.

  5. For the antique hues of old wainscot mix equal parts of burnt umber and brown ochre.

  6. For walnut, brown umber, glue size, and water; or by burnt umber very moderately modified with yellow ochre.

  7. Gretna had caps dark umber when young, and margin incurved to stem.

  8. Readily distinguished by the densely clustered habit, and the umber pileus.

  9. Also what man of the said craft that absenteth him fro the said eleccion Wythoute cause reasonable or absent him fro the dyner to be made the same day and will not paye therto his pˀt thanne he shall paye at the said ch{a}umber iij{s.

  10. The filler used should be coloured with burnt umber and sienna.

  11. Buffish to brown, darkest on the upper parts, spotted and streaked with umber and black on the back, head, and throat.

  12. Color much darker; russet of front of head intensified to almost a burnt umber and not extending backward beyond the eyes.

  13. Sides of lower chest and flanks more strongly washed with raw-umber than in adult females; chest and throat darker.

  14. The sleek, greenish current ate at the roots of lofty bluffs, striped by bands of umber and orange, and topped with out-croppings of rock as though a vanished race had crowned them with now crumbling fortresses.

  15. Feathery pines add their mellow hue; and when these fail, the colour deepens into amber piles of oranges, umber filberts, and the rich brown of Spanish chestnuts, the produce of the waning year.

  16. Everywhere children of every shade from yellow to deep umber would be playing solemnly about the ways, turning upon the passing stranger their grave, unfathomable eyes.

  17. Red, when mingled with black and white, gives a purple hue, which becomes umber when the colours are burnt and there is a larger admixture of black.

  18. Prout's Brown," a sort of fluent ink of a burnt-umber tint, will be found excellent for drawing purposes.

  19. A body of men came from Dowlutabad, sent by Mullek Umber to escort treasure for the pay of the troops with the Queen; and the Queen sent the Bishop and his sister with them to her faithful friend.

  20. But the country was hardly safe yet for travelling, and they were detained till Mullek Umber could send them to Nuldroog by the way they had come.

  21. And of this course the sage Mullek Umber entirely approved.

  22. Still they had hope, and Mullek Umber bid them hope, and despatched a trusty messenger to the city, who soon found out Abbas Khan and his wife, and brought letters from them.

  23. There was an officer in a Roman legion, at some period of the Republic, who bore the name either of Atrius Umber or Umbrius Ater: and this man being ordered on some expedition, the soldiers refused to follow him.

  24. Ground color of upperparts pale raw-umber brown, mixed with pale grayish; chest and neck barred with pale brownish ochre and black.

  25. Above, breast and flanks raw umber finely vermiculated with black on back; with black blotches on head, neck and upperpart of back and wings.

  26. And here is Swivel’s Moss, and there lies the Umber Road.

  27. They went by Swivel’s Moss, on the Umber Road,’ and he said no more but fell back dead.

  28. A pretty stain is made by stirring a tablespoonful of burnt umber into a cup of vinegar, more or less, according to whether you wish the color to be lighter or darker.

  29. Five cents’ worth of umber is enough to do your fernery, with plenty left for three or four brackets besides.


  30. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "umber" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.