shade
Example Sentences
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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
The cost, I’m told, would depend on what the enhancements include: signs, lights, trees, shade canopies, sidewalk repairs, escalators, and so on.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Under the shade of a nearby tree in Kakwanyang village, three women sit together pounding wild brown fruits with a hard, rough and lumpy exterior.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Elders get their hearing checked and play mahjongg and practice calligraphy in the shade of empty plazas.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Door picked up the fabric and watched it turn a bright shade of purple.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
