ombre
Example Sentences
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For someone who loves her bananas barely ripe — when the peel is a beautiful ombre of green and light yellow — I’m now incapable of enjoying them raw.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
Young poet Gurpreet Saini, who performs at cultural festivals across India, says he sources his shawls - printed with ombre Gurmukhi letters - from Hariana, his hometown in Punjab, for a distinctive look.
From BBC ● May 31, 2025
Its Jan. 27 cover was an elegant and elegiac illustration of seven long-legged, shaggy-capped palms against a menacing ombre orange backdrop of approaching fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025
Giorgetti’s own iPhone vacation images became prints and motifs: sunset ombre on T-shirts and knitwear, frayed cotton recalling zebra prints but in monochrome tops or suits, striated eco-leathers imitating the geological formations on overcoats.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
She looked gorgeous, with this ombre lip gloss and a deep burgundy strapless dress that set off her blond hair.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
