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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a patch of shade" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a small area that is shaded, typically from sunlight, providing a cooler or darker spot. Example: "After walking for hours under the scorching sun, we finally found a patch of shade beneath a large tree where we could rest."
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I parked in a patch of shade.
We retreated to the guards' base camp, where there was a patch of shade.
An old couple suddenly notice us, sitting in a patch of shade.
Still, it was harder to find a Bashir detractor than a patch of shade.
The high temperature on Thursday was 110 degrees, with not a patch of shade in sight.
The stairwells were filled with fans desperate for a patch of shade as temperatures soared into the mid-90s.
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And outside the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem an Arab woman was nursing her baby in a retreating patch of shade.
If no flowers were available in shade, a patch of flowers was shaded by a sunshade.
Recently she arrived first and staked out the perfect viewing spot, a prime patch of shade with stairs nearby to rest on.
In the build-up, spectators laid out picnic blankets and coolboxes in any patches of shade they could find, ready for a day's entertainment.
In the small patch of shade cast by a straggly tree the emaciated figure of a young man lies – in a coma, or a deep sleep, it is hard to tell.
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