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tinge

[tinj] / tɪndʒ /




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The song offers “nostalgia with a tinge of hope,” explains Ceylon Andi Hickman, a 30-year-old England supporter in London.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

On Thursday the pitch looked to have a thick covering of grass, but by Friday it was losing its green tinge.

From BBC Jan. 2, 2026

A tinge of vulnerability and goofiness in Grace Van Patten’s naturalistic portrayal is reminiscent of Audrey Tautou’s bubbly and eccentric character in Jeunet’s film.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2025

In a song released ahead of Lord Huron’s new album, the frontman/guitarist wonders, via impassioned vocals with a tinge of desperation, “if no one lives forever, who laughs last?”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2025

Her cheeks tinge an even deeper pink than normal.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

That kind of fatalism tinges her early hits, like in "Fame" when she swears "I'm gonna live forever."

From Salon Nov. 29, 2022

There are even a few fun science fiction tinges, as the McCunes rely on handmade technology that seems beguilingly alien for the era.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2022

The way the pale rice tinges brown with vinegar as it moves through his hands.

From New York Times Jan. 4, 2022

In the Hoh Rain Forest, one of the world’s wettest places, you’ll find trees hundreds of feet tall exploding in brilliant tinges of green.

From Seattle Times Aug. 25, 2021

The barest frisson of tension tinges Helene’s voice, and I clear my throat.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

But when Good was killed, our anger was tinged with fear.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Direct attacks on a competitor are rare in advertising, she said, as are politically tinged messages.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Her performance is tinged with the unmistakable sound of uncertainty.

From Salon Mar. 21, 2026

The biggest event in American sports kicks off Sunday as the New England Patriots take on the Seattle Seahawks at a Super Bowl tinged by controversy over Bad Bunny's half-time show.

From Barron's Feb. 8, 2026

When they spoke again their voices were throaty, drawling, tinged with uneasiness.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

Like a fiery djinn, the hydrogen bomb hung over the House of Commons, shaping every speech, tingeing every mind.

From Time Magazine Archive

Novels like these not only induce insomnia but are also hallucinogenic, tingeing with fantasy the reader's remembrance of known fact.

From Time Magazine Archive

I put a pan on the stove and dry toasted the cacao nibs, tingeing the air with the earthy scent I loved.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

“Why?” my mom asks, panic tingeing her voice.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Dawn breaks, the sun’s rays tracing the sky above Blackcliff’s ebony belltower like bloodied fingers, tingeing everyone in the courtyard a lurid red.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Then the graphic qualifies even that, adding "barely" before "coping," tinging the word a furious flush of pink that seethes into red.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2020

It was long believed that Sativa’s ailing pipelines were responsible for delivering manganese into the water supply and tinging the water brown.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2019

Even the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead views its sad, shuffling working-class protagonists from a jaded distance, tinging its humor and affection with mockery and blood.

From The Verge Mar. 22, 2018

Wherever the “Peter Pan” fantasy turns up, though, her artwork blooms into color, suffusing Wendy’s dreams of Neverland and tinging the elements of the real world that she’s charged with her hopeful imaginings.

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2017

All those scraggy- looking Santa Clauses were standing on corners ringing those bells, and the Salvation Army girls, the ones that don't wear any lipstick or anything, were tinging bells too.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger




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