Sentence examples for its colours from inspiring English sources

In that sense, it is like Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera: it changes its colours depending on the context in which it is staged.

Ah! OK, in my defence it is much smaller than most of the Munches surrounding it and its colours seem duller than I'd seen in reproductions.

It has pinned its colours to the mast of scarcity and survival, when most of the world is far more interested in prosperity and thriving.

These days a referendum campaign group only truly wins its colours when it comes up with a wheeze that is promptly laughed out of court.

It was exhilarating in its colours and brightness.

Much better to look at it carefully, to see its colours clearly, feel its textures.

In 2012, the Home Office came close to nailing its colours to the mast when it published a paper on the subject.

Once a species has a slight, chance, resemblance to a warning coloured species, natural selection can drive its colours and patterns towards more perfect mimicry.

She could not see its colours yet, but something in the way it seemed to prowl the coastline made her apprehensive.

The commission doesn't nail its colours to the mast on that, but it does talk about the possibility of putting directly-elected metropolitan mayors in charge.

At first, Emden refused to strike its colours and surrender; Sydney fired on the stationary Emden until it eventually struck its colours.