khaki - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • wear: They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki.

Adjective modifier

  • greenish-tinged: Water bottle strap Brown leather Water bottle, cups, pots etc Painted dull green, or cloth covered, so probably greenish-tinged khaki.
  • pale: The walls are pale khaki, which looks beautiful with the black marble tops.
  • greenish: Officer's peaked caps could be the old style or greenish khaki.
  • rough: Her son, Guy, has been called up for the army, his tall, thin frame enclosed in rough khaki.
  • light: Default color: Men: Light greenish-tinged khaki ( see Bueno, Turnball, 1978, B2 ).

Modifies a noun

  • trouser: A thin stream of urine ran down his right leg, giving form to a dark, wet blossom on his khaki trousers.
  • uniform: The snipers are bad - they get right behind our trenches dressed in our khaki uniform.
  • shirt: Gold or yellow vanishes against dry grass, tawny hide, or a khaki shirt.
  • short: My brain told me, and naked except for a pair of khaki shorts, I struck out as fast as I was able.
  • color: Today I'm wearing gray, which are ill suited to the khaki color of my trousers.
  • pant: She faced a tall man in an unbuttoned pea coat, khaki pants, sweater, gloves holding a duffel bag.

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