window shade

Example Sentences

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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

Next thing I know, I open the window shade, and we’re in Hawaii.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 25, 2019

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

I looked away, toward the window, even though all I could see was a different window, shade drawn, surrounded by a brick wall.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin