window shade

Example Sentences

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Inside, I closed the door with a wave of my hand and turned the window shade dark with a swipe of my finger.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Pull the curtains closed or drop the window shade to corral the cold air next to the window.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2023

The window shade was drawn, giving the artificially lit room a bunkerlike feeling.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2021

In a memorable scene, Ms. Malone removes her glasses, pulls down a window shade — a move she improvised during the filming — and says, “Looks like we’re closed for the rest of the afternoon.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2018

Each night, the sinking sun, like a ring on a window shade, pulled night down over the neighborhood.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides