parasol

Example Sentences

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“You have to go where you can survive,” Cisneros said under a rainbow parasol.

From Los Angeles Times

The fruits of a violent imperial system lie behind the work’s bright, bouncy “Chinese” dance, with its pleated fans and parasols, and its slow, seductive “Arabian” scene, with ballerinas in gossamer harem pants.

From Washington Post

They live, the headline says, by sheltering under a parasol of translucent quartz.

From Scientific American

Over the next few minutes, compressed nitrogen gas inflated LOFTID’s heat shield, a set of nested doughnut-shape tubes that looked like a mushroom or a parasol popping out of the top of the rocket stage.

From New York Times

In the corridors, under the parasols, in the meeting rooms, at the exhibition stands: climate, diplomacy, fairness, funding and timetables for action are all being discussed.

From BBC