yellow streak

Example Sentences

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A yellow streak seems to indicate a faster, more aggressive hit, and a pink streak means “you’ll be damn lucky to hit this.”

From The Verge • Apr. 27, 2022

Another Jones signature is to paint a red or yellow streak on one side of the canvas or its top, perpendicular to the wall, so that when the light hits, a diffuse glow forms.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022

“It has a yellow color because there’s a yellow streak in the middle, somewhere between daffodil and lemon yellow,” she said.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2013

And in a world drowning a little more each day in apathy, I choose to occasionally call out the cowards, if only to briefly shine a big, bright light on their little yellow streak.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2013

I've heard a great deal about the nerve of this youngster Merriwell," said Silence, "but it's my notion he's got a yellow streak in him.

From Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block by Standish, Burt L.