steel-coloured

There, in the lap of its steel-coloured mountains, basking in the gorgeous tropical sunshine, lay the great lake Tanganyika.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

In the pale moonlight the friendly willow took on a new identity, its long, wispy branches trailing the steel-coloured water like skeletal fingers.

Ironhand's Daughter Gemmell, David 1995

Burden, who seemed not to have been icentrating particularly on any of this, said Idenly, looking up from his drink and fixing ixford with his steel-coloured eyes:

Put On By Cunning Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1981

"It's a beastly day," Ted said, with an eye cocked at the low-hanging, steel-coloured clouds.

A Sheaf of Corn Mary E. Mann

Rapt, she studied every lineament of the pale and perfect face -- the brow from which bronze-coloured hair rose in tiers of burnished ripples; the large steel-coloured eyes, with their carven lids; the carven nose, and the plastic lips.

Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story Max Beerbohm 1914

He looked into my face and smiled, and the steel-coloured eyes seemed moist and singularly soft.

The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Rafael Sabatini 1912

"There speaks the son of the house of Anguissola," said he, a light of affection in his steel-coloured eyes.

The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Rafael Sabatini 1912

Rapt, she studied every lineament of the pale and perfect face -- the brow from which bronze-coloured hair rose in tiers of burnished ripples; the large steel-coloured eyes, with their carven lids; the carven nose, and the plastic lips.

Zuleika Dobson 1911

Mr. Jabe Jenney and Mr.. Jenney, who wept as she embraced both bride and groom; and Euphrasia, in a new steel-coloured silk and a state of absolute subjection and incredulous happiness.

Mr. Crewe's Career — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

Mr. Jabe Jenney and Mr.. Jenney, who wept as she embraced both bride and groom; and Euphrasia, in a new steel-coloured silk and a state of absolute subjection and incredulous happiness.

Mr. Crewe's Career — Volume 3 Winston Churchill 1909