ocherous

variants or ochreous

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ocherous
Adjective
  • The clear turquoise water of Oura Bay comes right up to the hotel’s beach—rocky in some parts, sandy in others.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Due to the sandy terrain, tent campers will want to bring extra-long stakes.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The actress styled her platinum blond hair in a tight chignon with a few wisps to frame her face.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Sherry, with her blond hair and green eyes, stood six feet tall, towering above my petite, brown-eyed mom who, Sherry observed, inherited Ann’s dark brown hair.
    Pamela Chelin, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, on the Australian side of Wallace’s Line, the tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) and its relatives have evolved separately, adapting to open woodlands and drier habitats.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • On the rocks beneath there were no tawny lion forms whose odor would cause our dogs to lose their sense of direction.
    Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Watch the Full 2022 Met Gala Red Carpet Livestream With lighter, more strawberry blonde highlights, the new style also features some dimensional color, which makes Huppert’s hair look thicker.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Pruitt is described as standing 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 120 pounds, with blue eyes, and blonde or strawberry blonde hair.
    William Thornton | [email protected], al, 7 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • Portugal offers a variety of appealing residency options, including a golden visa (although there’s no real estate investment option), a digital nomad visa, and more.
    Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Besides, Abrahamian noted, the trade in golden visas from places like Portugal and Malta, both E.U. member states, has been going on for long enough that most ultra-rich people who want one already have one.
    Felix Salmon, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Their 2021 Piere Sauvignon Blanc is straw colored with aromas of chalk, wet river stones, and citrus blossoms.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 9 May 2024
  • Inside the container is straw, alfalfa, water and vegetables, and electronic equipment will monitor the temperature and allow technicians to even talk to the animal.
    Alicia Fernández, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
Adjective
  • Miss Maynard’s class is building Holland on a small scale in one of their sandbox tables with dikes, towers, windmills, boys with wooden shoes and girls with flaxen hair.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The charm of a blondie is indeed its flaxen essence.
    Scott Hocker, theweek, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Ocherous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ocherous. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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