shade

Example Sentences

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He also tried showy penstemons, but they didn’t like the shade near the house.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Such names often referred not to a single precise shade but to clusters of related ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Women’s throats are sore, and their eyes are an unflattering shade of red.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Skelly showed Mugoboka the tree planting she has been doing to reduce the impact of flooding and to provide shade to her animals during hotter, drier summers.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

He wanted very much to see what had happened to his broccoli, especially now that he had seen how his tuna fish sandwich had turned an interesting shade of blue.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry