shades

Example Sentences

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There are millions of backyards in America, and none of them prohibits sun shades.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Dressed in a grey suit and shades, Benny, 30, decided to pay rather than wait, shelling out $2,400 for one of the watches.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Just like the tourists perched above, visitors in the boats below try to get the ultimate snap: the vertical landscape looming over the Yangtze River in shades of electric blue, magenta and red.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

There were shades of difference among the commentators, but they mostly batted for the same team.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Balthilda had me hold her yarns so they wouldn’t tangle as she knit, and sometimes I would arrange Hadel’s yarns according to their shades.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff