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
The most disturbing sight, though, came into view when I shut off the last film and raised the window shade.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2022
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
She could listen to the crunch of sugar underfoot that the children had spilled without reaching for the switch; and she forgot the tear in die living-room window shade.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
