olive-drab

Rub the loin with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper.

Heat a large sauté pan over medium-high heat and add olive oil.

Add olive oil to the pan and toss in the garlic and chili flake.

The charismatic bearded revolucionario dressed in a dark olive uniform promised to restore order and hold elections.

Before “we” might offer “you” an olive branch, you must offer one to us.

Here began indeed, in the drab surroundings of the workshop, in the silent mystery of the laboratory, the magic of the new age.

It was deep twilight in the room, and rather cold, for the eucalyptus and olive logs in the fireplace still awaited the match.

At his side was the girl, a slender body in drab, tossing her hat gayly about at the end of its long string.

He was now beyond all ordinary sensations of fear, only a drab feeling as of death—the death of the soul—stirred in his heart.

It seems that Mr. Adams would have presented the sword boldly, keeping the olive branch carefully concealed behind his back.