blacks and whites
Example Sentences
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“There’s no framing this tapestry, at least not yet, as the multicolored strands—the children’s greens, browns, and blues; my own blacks and whites; and all the wildflower hues of the hills—are still creating their story.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
The result was a cover photo for the single showing a shaky photo of Cobain, taken using infrared film that with its high-contrast blacks and whites produced ethereal images.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2021
As they age their coats become a mesh of greys, browns, blacks and whites creating that distinctive hue that wows many a Lake District visitor.
From BBC • May 15, 2021
But Price would have mixed feelings about the song’s broad appeal, later remembering how local officials in the Jim Crow South resisted letting both blacks and whites attend his shows.
From Fox News • May 9, 2021
A white liberal rose to make an impassioned plea for brotherhood, proclaiming that blacks and whites are, in the end, “all the same.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
