gradation

Example Sentences

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Although “High Country Crags and Moon” features a fine gradation of gray in the rock face, the impenetrable shadow in the foreground seems to break Adams’s own rules.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

And we won’t be giving starred reviews — that kind of blunt gradation makes even less sense now than it did before.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2022

For food professionals, who spend their lives exploring nuance and gradation in flavor, recourse is even more limited.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2020

And, yes, he no longer has the vocal flexibility for dynamic gradation.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2018

The subtlety and precision of the modeling, the fine gradation of planes and ridges, the feeling for the relationship of flesh and bone would be remarkable enough in themselves, quite apart from the early date.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson