shade
Example Sentences
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She said her husband has become persona non grata — “canceled,” in her words — and that the allegations will continue to cast a shade over his career “even if he’s exonerated.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
One manufacturer’s idea of khaki or olive drab, for example, might not match another’s—a serious problem when thousands of yards of uniform fabric had to be dyed the same shade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The cost, I’m told, would depend on what the enhancements include: signs, lights, trees, shade canopies, sidewalk repairs, escalators, and so on.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Under the shade of a nearby tree in Kakwanyang village, three women sit together pounding wild brown fruits with a hard, rough and lumpy exterior.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Two huge eucalyptus trees scented the air and cast shade against the flat blue sky.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Vocabulary lists containing shade
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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