shading
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For Hartnett, shading in a complete picture, warts and all, is essential to making a character believable.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
We come to admire Ahmad, Perlmutter and Sidhwa, but Teng provides just enough shading so that subtle cultural tensions between the men start to emerge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the rush for everyone to claim tech-company status, we lost a lot of good shading in many iconic logos: Warner Bros.,
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
"Our buildings in this country weren't designed for the climate now and in future - unlike schools in Europe or Africa that have designed shading into their buildings," she says.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Seth looked at me, shading his eyes with a hand.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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“Coyote” offers intimate shadings on a story that will be familiar to fans of literary biography or anyone who has ever attended a 12-step recovery program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
The sophisticated shadings of McDonald’s singing are of a piece with the character’s slightly affected manner of speech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
He said the orchestra can produce “its own shadings of light, darkness, warmth and texture to the music and lyrics.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
Writer/director Martin McDonagh creates a world on that island, and the actors give a master class in character; particularly Farrell, who finds infinite shadings of gentle heartbreak.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
As I grew older, I became familiar with the Bigger Thomas conditioning and its numerous shadings no matter where I saw it in Negro life.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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