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  • Our travels continued as we treasured the Atlas Mountains, picturesque blue-washed villages, narrow alleys of Morocco, where we seized every opportunity to take delight in eating the Moroccan food.

    Fahad Faruqui: The Accessibility Of Envy On Social Media Fahad Faruqui 2011

  • Last night, the bright moon blue-washed the white snow, and we crushed a single-file path to the place where the tree branches part for the constellations 'show.

    The view M-mv 2005

  • Last night, the bright moon blue-washed the white snow, and we crushed a single-file path to the place where the tree branches part for the constellations' show.

    Archive 2005-01-01 M-mv 2005

  • The blue-washed walls make the room cool and inviting.

    Trotsky's Ghost 2001

  • The blue-washed walls make the room cool and inviting.

    Trotsky's Ghost 2001

  • When Sophie awoke the next morning, and tentatively peeked out from under the covers, she was met by weak sunshine and a pale, blue-washed sky.

    A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995

  • Against the blue-washed canvas of the sky, the ornate white cupola stood out sharply.

    Leave the Grave Green Deborah Crombie 1995

  • When Sophie awoke the next morning, and tentatively peeked out from under the covers, she was met by weak sunshine and a pale, blue-washed sky.

    A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995

  • Thakeham meeting-house is known as the "Blue Idol," a name not altogether explained when one discovers that for a long period the interior of the chapel had blue-washed walls.

    What to See in England Gordon Home 1923

  • The kitchen was a bare, blue-washed apartment, the floor sanded, with a long wooden table and two or three wooden forms.

    Nights in London Thomas Burke 1915

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