local color
Example Sentences
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Opera delivers a “Turandot” that does at least provide local color.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Hughes also predicted that global diets will become more uniform, since the loss of agricultural and livestock variety will lead to a loss of local color in diets.
From Salon ● May 4, 2023
Vividly filmed with vibrant local color and nonprofessional actors, it movingly captures a clandestine sisterhood in a male-controlled society.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2021
Heat-Moon visited small towns like Subtle, Ky., and Scratch Ankle, Alaska, absorbing local color and wisdom.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2020
They’re tourists, from Japan it looks like, a trade delegation perhaps, on a tour of the historic landmarks or out for local color.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
