No fond mother crooning to her first-born ever looked on budding teeth more delightful in modelling and pearliness.
"Tropic Days"
E. J. Banfield
There were streaks of red in her heavy black tresses, her skin was of a soft pearliness that seemed translucent, her eyes were large, of a golden-brown, agleam with sombre fires, her lips were full and sensuous.
"The Sea-Hawk"
Raphael Sabatini
In the purple gloom that followed the white cloisters of the courtyard glowed with a faintly luminous pearliness.
"The Sea-Hawk"
Raphael Sabatini