color up
Example Sentences
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In schools filled with low-income students of color, up to half the staff are new to the profession, according to an analysis by Dahlia Bazzaz on The Seattle Times Education Lab.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023
Her private secretary, Martin Charteris, later recalled finding the new monarch at her desk, “sitting erect, no tears, color up a little, fully accepting her destiny.”
From Washington Times • Sep. 8, 2022
Racing mode: The light bars will occasionally divide into smaller color segments to send pulsing waves of color up and down, which seems nicely matched when fast-moving objects speed by you in a game.
From The Verge • May 2, 2022
“It’s been a long time since we’ve had hosts of color up there,” McDonald said.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2021
Still, it was the only important body of water within forty miles, a source of pride, nice to look at on bright summer days, and later that evening it would color up with fireworks.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
