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
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
The lenses in our eyes turn yellow with age because of damage from the sun’s ultraviolet rays.
From Scientific American • Jul. 21, 2023
The buds turn yellow, the skipping ropes come out.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
