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Example sentences for "shading"

Lexicographically close words:
shaded; shadeless; shades; shadie; shadiest; shadings; shadoof; shadow; shadowe; shadowed
  1. Bainton, shading his eyes from the strong sun with one grimy hand.

  2. Adderley rose from his half recumbent position on the grass, and shading his eyes from the afternoon sunshine, looked towards the house.

  3. Through the shading spectacles of green his eyes seemed devoid of any expression.

  4. Peace breathed, exuded from the red brick houses with their white marble steps, their white shutters below and green above, their pleasant line of trees shading the red brick pavement.

  5. Its abundant fur was of a cloudy, irregular yellowish-gray, darkening at the tips, and shading to almost black along the back.

  6. The marsh-mouse was a sturdy figure, about six inches in length, with a dull chestnut-brown back sprinkled with black hairs shading downwards through warm gray to a delicate fawn-colored belly.

  7. They will be in the tangi directly," said Nesta, shading her eyes to watch the distant figures.

  8. He turned the wick down a little, shading and dimming the room--and then, as he flirted a bead of moisture from his forehead, whimsically stretched out his hand to watch it in the lamplight.

  9. Above, his feathers are a rich cinnamon brown, brightest on his head and shoulders and shading into olive brown on his tail.

  10. He raised himself in the stirrups and looked across the prairies, shading his eyes with his hand the way he had seen some of the cowboys do.

  11. After giving the prickly pear the place of honor to the left, in higher growth she worked in the slender, cylindrical, jointed stems of the Cholla, shading the flowers a paler, greenish yellow.

  12. It is not intended by this that shading coverings cannot be used in such places, but that they would want especial design, and it is altogether a matter of doubt if these could not be much better treated in other ways.

  13. Shading his eyes from the light, he peered below, and through the semi-darkness saw a sight that made him heartsick and disgusted.

  14. The mate was steering and half lying on the bottom of the boat, while shading his eyes with one hand as he stared over the gunwale.

  15. For a long time the black-browed maid stood shading her eyes with her hand while her white shoulders heaved.

  16. As he stood there with his hand shading his eyes Ilya saw another hero come to that vicinity and, even at that far distance, he knew him for the young man of supernatural wisdom--Nikitich, who could both read and write.

  17. Shading their eyes, and straining their ears, the astonished people stood until the whole vision disappeared like a speck in the clouds--the rosy clouds that overhung the Beautiful Mountains.

  18. Jim, coming to a halt, and shading his eyes.

  19. Shading his eyes with his hands, he looked long and eagerly, and then gave vent to a shout of joy.

  20. Very gently, she drew the rugs over him, and turned from him, shading the candle with her hand.

  21. Aileen Macleod was standing by the garden gate, shading her eyes as she looked across the paddocks.

  22. Hence, since he is just like no other criminal in every way, there will be a deep shading of difference in the manner in which he acts and reacts, as compared with the action and reaction of any other criminal.

  23. The demarcation may call for the most careful of research; but it will be there, and it will demarcate, if only by shading so slight as to escape other than the truly expert examiner.

  24. The shading employed was either done by the draughtsman (at ch and in the cells with irregularly arranged dots), or else was put on the block during its manufacture (af).

  25. The outline of the object may first be sketched in lightly with a soft pencil and then the shading may be proceeded with.

  26. No local colour has been employed, and the modelling has been expressed by the lines used for shading which have been made by short strokes with a fine pen.

  27. The engraving is often nothing more than the mere outline of the plant, whilst in cases where the structures are more massive, a certain amount of shading is used.

  28. The last choice is to represent the hill by shading in much the same way as many of us did when children; the method referred to was known as "herring bones" or "hairy caterpillars.

  29. For very delicate shading and tinting, stipple may be employed, but the dots must be quite definite, sufficiently large to stand reduction, and not too close together (Figs.

  30. It is a goodly spectacle to see her in rustling ample silk, in costly sealskin, in a bonnet 'loud' but rich, shading a countenance that glows ruddy red as a furnace.

  31. The same leaf will sometimes show two at least of these colours--green shading into brown, or into a ruddy gold.

  32. Dulcie, kneeling by his side and shading her eyes with her hand, saw that old clump of rocks again, and upon them stood his Majesty the Fish-King waving his crown at them.

  33. Falkner came up from the cabin with his chart, and shading his eyes, swept the sea for the landmarks of their course.

  34. Margaret asked vaguely, shading her eyes with her hand to look out over the marsh.

  35. Margaret, shading her eyes with a thin hand, looked down the avenue.

  36. At his query Mrs. Vandervelde turned in her chair, shading her eyes with her hand the better to observe him.

  37. Shading his eyes from the falling snow, which froze upon their lashes and obscured his sight, Kit often tried to catch the earliest glimpse of twinkling lights, denoting their approach to some not distant town.

  38. It was pleasant to observe the fresh flowers in the room, the pet bird with a green bough shading his little cage, the breath of freshness and youth which seemed to rustle through the old dull house and hover round the child.

  39. Your ears ought to be better than other folks' at any rate, if you make so little of the chance of being struck blind,' he said, retreating from the door and shading his eyes with his hands as the jagged lightning came again.

  40. She must keep up appearances, so she fixed her eyes steadily on the drawing her idle hands were perpetrating on the back of a letter, and appeared absorbed in shading a Turk's head.

  41. They drove into the circle of gaslights, among the vaporous steeds of omnibuses and flies, and entered the station, Phoebe's veil down, and Mervyn shading his dazzled eyes from the glare.

  42. He was shading his face with his hand, but he hardly spoke again all the rest of the evening.

  43. Christian Year The summer sun peeped through the Venetian blinds greenly shading the breakfast-table.


  44. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shading" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    arrangement; atmosphere; balance; bloom; color; composition; covering; darkening; definition; design; eclipse; expression; flare; ghost; gradation; grading; graduation; grid; grouping; image; line; mixing; monitoring; noise; overcast; perspective; picture; rain; rolling; scanning; scintillation; shading; shadow; shadowing; smirch; smudge; smut; snow; snowstorm; technique; tone; treatment; value