turn yellow
Example Sentences
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A green dot on the app will turn yellow or red when there are more urgent emergencies, such as a fire or a burglary in progress, to watch out for in users’ neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2025
If it rains, the harvested leaves must be dried very quickly — within a day — otherwise they turn yellow and no one wants them.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2025
When exposed to excessive darkness the leaves of the mutant, COG-free plants began to turn yellow, wrinkled, and thin -- signs the plants were dying.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024
"The damage is enormous because the trees have been infected by bacteria… You can see this tree, it is green, but the leaves are starting to turn yellow, which means it may be diseased."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023
As the summer heat cooled and the leaves began to turn yellow and orange and red, my aunts traveled to the markets in turn.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
