shades

Example Sentences

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Jackets also had their place on the runway in shades of black, gold, and silver.

From Barron's • May 14, 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

Blackout shades were raised; people poured into the streets, shouting, dancing and embracing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

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

From Slate • May 6, 2026

His skin shifted colors and shades, dappled in the autumn light filtering through the trees, and sometimes he matched the trees around him so well that it looked like he was made of bark.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack