Purple Passage

B2 8+

Collocations of purple passage

flowery language
Frequency: 70 %

The author's purple passage was filled with flowery language.

vivid imagery
Frequency: 60 %

The poet painted a vivid imagery in his purple passage.

poetic prose
Frequency: 50 %

The novel contained a purple passage with poetic prose.

lyrical writing
Frequency: 45 %

The song lyrics had a purple passage with lyrical writing.

ornate description
Frequency: 40 %

The speech included an ornate description in its purple passage.

Idiomatic Expressions for purple passage

  • Phrase: paint the town red
    Meaning: to go out and have a wild or exciting time
    Usage: After the exams were over, we decided to paint the town red.