tangerine

Example Sentences

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The papers took pains to note that Wyman came to court “hatless, her hair in a pageboy bob. She wore a tangerine gabardine shirt-maker dress.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024

In Johnson’s buoyant painting a dapper Harlem couple steps out for a stroll beneath a tangerine slice of a moon.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2024

For reference, I generally use the majority of zest scraped from one whole satsuma, which is about the size of a tangerine.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2023

Birds flutter their multihued wings into a starry night sky or set off into the tangerine evening air.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023

Her toenails in those sandals are painted the color of a tangerine.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti