tint
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Finish with fresh herbs and a quick yogurt sauce: lemon juice, chopped herbs and enough Old Bay to tint it faintly coral.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026
The film represents her depression by coating the night scenes in so much blue tint that even Picasso might suggest dialing it back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
According to the York team, light traveling through space could acquire a slight red or blue tint depending on the kind of dark matter it encounters.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2025
The arrangements give the material a different tint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
He was pale and gaunt, and his skin had a yellowish tint to it and was parchmentlike on his face and hands.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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In July 2022, Florida Highway Patrol said Kapri was pulled over because the window tints on his SUV were too dark.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
The red and blue of the women’s clothing echo the tints of the rainbow itself, as do smaller, random flecks of color throughout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The 28-year-old, who is married to singer Justin Bieber, co-founded the line of skincare products, which includes blush and lip tints, in 2022, giving it her middle name.
From BBC ● May 28, 2025
Although there have been rare, noncommercial screenings over the years, the expiration of the copyright is what allowed Stenn to finance a restoration with the original tints.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Beyond and above spread an expanse of sky, dark blue as at twilight: rising into the sky was a woman’s shape to the bust, portrayed in tints as dusk and soft as I could combine.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Agents with their faces covered up to their eyes, in unmarked black SUVs with tinted windows, would wait outside churches, mosques, schools, daycares, courtrooms, and hospitals.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Just behind it was the gray Acura with tinted windows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
"The 2,000-foot-long basin was drained" and "a tinted polyurea liner" was installed in the pool to "waterproof and protect the concrete pool surface", the NPS outlined in its statement.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
What makes the character indelible is the ghoulish heavy makeup, a bright red wig with tiny bangs, and oversized tinted sunglasses -- a cartoonish look that has gone viral.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
The outside is made of concrete, and the windows are only small, tinted slits.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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In Turner’s view, it was worth risking Hollywood’s ire by tinting Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney if it meant more people tuning in, whether out of curiosity or in horror.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
The figure in the back, all but obscured by the tinting, waved gamely through an open one-third slice of window as the SUV slid by us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
By the 1920s, the images became more photograph-like and featured details such as decorative borders and tinting.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
By sunset, however, the tight ranks of clouds seemed to relent; some drifted apart, and stretches of water-washed blue set off the oranges tinting the western skies.
From Washington Post ● May 14, 2022
I studied pigments and tinting to match antique patinas.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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Visual Arts - Introductory
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