sepia

Example Sentences

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Ostrover hung a sepia photograph of his grandfather’s smoked-fish shop in Manhattan in the early 20th century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

In order to get to France, we have to cruise through Mexico, which, in “Emilia Pérez,” is just France with a sepia filter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025

Bagpuss would come to life after Emily left the animals alone, with the film then changing from sepia to colour.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2024

Depictions of roses, a skull, a goat and a Santería evil eye dance around them, illuminated in sepia spotlights and looking like they could have come straight from a deck of tarot cards.

From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2023

Lizzie’s granddaddy took the bowls and stacked them in the sink—“Time enough for that later on”—and he pointed to a line of sepia photographs tacked to the doorway.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt