colorfully
Example Sentences
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Rubio entered the Vatican through the Arch of the Bells, a privilege reserved for senior dignitaries, flanked by the colorfully clad Swiss Guards, who have been providing security to popes since 1506.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
In a speech in February, Fed governor Christopher Waller put it more colorfully: “You don’t want banks every night … digging around the couch cushions looking for money. That is massively inefficient, stupid.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026
They sort their waste into colorfully labeled canvas bags the company provides, and wait for a Ridwell pickup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
For the average person, any explanation about philosophers and physicists warring over the nature of consciousness — no matter how colorfully described — would probably sound like an embarrassingly low-stakes Ivory Tower slap fight.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2024
The last sound she heard was Fenoglio's pen scribbling over the paper, writing word after word as fast as a weaver's shuttle turning black threads into colorfully patterned cloth....
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
