blue-veined

White-skinned, blue-veined, as delicate as porcelain, Lydia never complained that she could never fly or even take a flight of stairs.

Honoring the Dead: All Hallows « Colleen Anderson 2009

Her wig was off and you could see her blue-veined skull underneath the translucent fuzz of hair she did have.

Molecules Joe Deir 2011

I looked at her narrow wrists: blue-veined, delicate, and unmarred.

Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011

I looked at her narrow wrists: blue-veined, delicate, and unmarred.

Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011

• Soft cheeses, such as feta, Brie, Camembert, blue-veined cheese and other cheeses unless they are made with pasteurized milk.

How to feed your baby right, even before birth 2009

She falls asleep with her hands crossed over her chest, closes blue-veined, crinkled-paper eyelids and drifts off just like that, as if her soul is already gone, her body continuing on autopilot.

Portrait of a Sunday Afternoon Ann-Marie Martino 2011

Isolde said nothing, though, and at last she let out a little puff of breath between her teeth and drummed gnarled, blue-veined fingers on the wooden table between them.

Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

Cerdic stopped again, rubbing his thin, blue-veined hands together.

Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010

Mom tried to distract me by talking loudly about something else, but I could still feel the touch of that blue-veined hand, and I could tell Mom knew.

The Opposite of Me SARAH PEKKANEN 2010

Their coach, Marcelo Bielsa, could see what was happening and regularly flew out of his dug‑out in blue-veined rage but he could influence little.

World Cup 2010: Luís Fabiano carries on scoring for Brazil Sean Ingle at Ellis Park 2010