Sentence examples for if a shade from inspiring English sources

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She smiled, as if a shade embarrassed.

The sky goes instantly dark, as if a shade had been drawn over the day.

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For perennial plants, reproduction is more likely to be successful if the seed germinates in a shaded position, but not so close to the parent plant as to be in competition with it.

Interesting stuff, if possibly a shade too idiomatic for non-folk tastes.

The solos are good; the duet is magnificent, if maybe a shade too long.

The choreography is simple and spirited, if occasionally a shade precious.

She inhabits a swath of white terrycloth as elegantly as Audrey Hepburn did in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and seems, if anything, a shade more wistfully fey than Holly Golightly was.

The thick layer of moist baked ham came apart in substantial piggy strands, the chutney was nicely tart, if perhaps a shade too sweet, the salad was fresh, and the granary bread first-rate.

If using a shade of blue eyeshadow then use the rule of opposites.

If it is summer, go a darker, and if winter go a shade lighter.

Written with urgency and style, this is good stuff if at times a shade sentimental.

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