Sentence examples for a shade closer from inspiring English sources

"Crap" has a stronger metaphorical dimension than "shit" and comes a shade closer to "bullshit".

Her hair seemed a shade closer to purple than to the burgundy she'd dyed it two weeks ago.

She was often compared to Maria Callas, but she might have been a shade closer to Mahalia Jackson.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A week after he had plasma therapy for his balky ankles, Nets point guard Deron Williams returned to practice Monday feeling a shade closer to his former self.

And the songs had a steady, hand-clapping beat and shorter tunes, a shade closer to Western pop, until the ensemble took over and sent them scurrying and clanging again.

With every cycle, you'll get a shade closer to the sparkling white movie star vagina of your dreams!

They went with a shade close to the "second generation" color - not the original brown from 1873 and not the blue from the 1970s, but a creamy off-white.

Aim for a shade close to the natural color you sported in your youth.

Brush loose powder in a shade close to your skin tone over your entire face with a large kabuki brush.

Take an eyebrow pencil in a shade close to that of your brows and make light strokes in the direction that your hair grows to help fill out your look.

No doubt the answer will fall somewhere in the middle, though it is difficult to imagine Colbert occupying any shade close to gray.