more colorful
Example Sentences
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Robert Mueller, who ran the FBI from 2001 to 2013, was known to adhere to Hoover’s G-man dress code of white shirts and dark suits, admonishing agents who wore something more colorful.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
Some use more colorful language than others, for instance, while some attack problems with more analytic depth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
He’s surrounded by more colorful, unpredictable characters, more acted upon than acting and dealing with the same issues from scenario to scenario.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025
Cohen is the city-dwelling Ransom Stoddard as played by Jimmy Stewart in “Liberty Valance,” but with a few more colorful curse words at his disposal than Stewart.
From Salon • May 13, 2024
The poles were all even—unlike Anya’s crooked and twisting poles at home—and lashed at the corners with more colorful ribbon.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
