window shade

Example Sentences

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Inside, I closed the door with a wave of my hand and turned the window shade dark with a swipe of my finger.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Pull the curtains closed or drop the window shade to corral the cold air next to the window.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2023

“I don’t control the window shade and only have to get by one person to get out or go to the bathroom.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2022

The window shade was drawn, giving the artificially lit room a bunkerlike feeling.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2021

I looked away, toward the window, even though all I could see was a different window, shade drawn, surrounded by a brick wall.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin