shade

Example Sentences

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Not outstanding but proceeded through to Q2 and had the pace over Haas team-mate Oliver Bearman, who has been putting Ocon in the shade so far this year.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

One manufacturer’s idea of khaki or olive drab, for example, might not match another’s—a serious problem when thousands of yards of uniform fabric had to be dyed the same shade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

“This was kind of the beginning of her career, and they were looking for someone that would authentically — no shade, I guess — be performing in a barn,” Cyrus explained.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

“People don’t know the sacrifice, what it’s like to eat in the hot sun, when they used to not provide shade, when there weren’t bathrooms nearby,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

It kept me in the shade and out of the view of people going back and forth on the road.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney