tangerine
Example Sentences
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Jelly bean flavors include green apple, blue raspberry, lemon, tangerine, and cranberry — “which each deliver just enough fruity sweetness to accentuate their accompanying jolt of sour,” per TJ’s.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025
A recently installed waterfall runs over stones, creating a soundtrack to a tranquil courtyard that’s bursting with spring blooms in tangerine and magenta and mustard.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025
In Johnson’s buoyant painting a dapper Harlem couple steps out for a stroll beneath a tangerine slice of a moon.
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2024
Birds flutter their multihued wings into a starry night sky or set off into the tangerine evening air.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023
My fingers long for a fat paintbrush to stroke color across the white backboards: bloodred, electric blue, tangerine — blistering colors.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
