I think England are in a kind of purple patch at the moment.

Were they a coincidence or are you going through a purple patch at the moment?

The red and purple patches often cause no symptoms, though they may be painful.

These purple patches were nothing more than the accidents of a transition period.

A purple patch is a period of exceptional success or good luck.

Unlike the female, the male has a purple patch on the belly.

Talk of his absence coinciding with our recent purple patch can't have helped.

On August 23, twelve to thirteen purple patches appeared upon her body.

On her forehead there blazed a single angry purple patch.

My mother must have told him something because when they came back indoors together his face was mottled with purple patches.

He was a purple patch on two legs.

Clarke is having a purple patch at present, but sickness nearly overcame him yesterday.

And even Vettel may not be able to hold off the 2009 world champion for much longer if he can maintain his current purple patch.

Arthur stared at the purple patches and felt an urge to break into hysterical laughter.

There are very few purple patches whereas the outdoor game - tactically - can be slow.

He did it during a purple patch last season around Spain/Monaco.

The beginning of his purple patch coincided with the death of Roebuck.

During this purple patch, he took ten wickets in three consecutive matches across two seasons.

Gimblett had another of his "purple patches" early in the 1939 season, which was his most successful so far.

Your eyes are red-rimmed and there are purple patches beneath them."

It is neither a purple patch nor is it coincidence.

Can the Modfather continue his recent purple patch with his 11th solo album?

It has a warty mantle and is reddish-brown in colour with a large purple patch on the back.

The decade after the Second World War proved to be a purple patch for the club.

A few intermediate individuals occur, which are predominantly yellow, but with purple patches on the carapace.