amber

Example Sentences

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She says she has received amber ratings when commuting to Belfast for work and a red score when she had to brake sharply on a country road.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

In the 1830s, however, the city, then the capital of East Prussia, was “still bathed in the amber glow of the late Enlightenment,” as Christopher Clark tells us in “A Scandal in Königsberg.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

It was escalated to a red warning on 5 March before returning to amber.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Whenever I ask why we look so different, she says, "We fit like puzzle pieces," and reminds me that our eyes are the same amber hue.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton