window shade
Example Sentences
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My mother turned over in her bunk, lifted the window shade, and was overcome with emotion as she saw palm trees, sunshine and mountains.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 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 most disturbing sight, though, came into view when I shut off the last film and raised the window shade.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2022
The window shade was drawn, giving the artificially lit room a bunkerlike feeling.
From Slate • Apr. 26, 2021
Each night, the sinking sun, like a ring on a window shade, pulled night down over the neighborhood.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
