shade
Example Sentences
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She said her husband has become persona non grata — “canceled,” in her words — and that the allegations will continue to cast a shade over his career “even if he’s exonerated.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
Such names often referred not to a single precise shade but to clusters of related ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Women’s throats are sore, and their eyes are an unflattering shade of red.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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
One by one, everybody in the group went up to get a feel of the fabric as it kept changing from one shade to another.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Vocabulary lists containing shade
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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