shades
Example Sentences
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There were shades of Shahid Afridi and Saeed Anwar in the flamboyant nature of the way Razaullah flayed England to all parts.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Any ideas of things to see in L.A.?” he asks me, dressed in a violet-colored chore jacket only a few shades removed from the blue one he wore onstage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Stephen Morris, an economic theorist, explained why in a 2001 paper titled “Political Correctness”: An adviser who fears being thought a bigot shades what he says until it carries no information at all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
There’s more subtlety, more shades of gray, and while it doesn’t have a happy ending either, it offers ecstatic redemption.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
The sheet has tiny teacups covering it in all shades of blue.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
