Definition of "purpling" [purpling]

• Present participle of purple. (verb)

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• "Wandering aimlessly in the dusky, purpling woods, I wondered where Clay was."
• "A leaden curtain of rain appeared to prop up the purpling clouds crowning the higher ground to the left."
• "Cat noticed for the first time the shadows hovering beneath those impenetrable eyes and in the hollows of his cheeks, the stubble darkening his angular jaw, the ink stains purpling the fingers of his left hand."