Sentence examples for stripes against from inspiring English sources

Why black-and-white stripes against the soft amber of the original palace columns and carved facade?

On November 21 , 1916 the elephant was replaced by two horizontal white stripes against a red background, and on September 28 , 1917 the central red stripe was changed to blue.

A half-dozen pine tent poles supported the sagging top, and the uniform pattern on the woolen floor, roof and walls — red, green and ocher diamonds and stripes against a cream background — gave the place a warm atmosphere.

In Platini's view, his peak came during his time with the Turin side and particularly 30 years ago this month, during his display in the black and white stripes against Argentinos Juniors in the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo's National Stadium.

"Ribbon Store" is a riot of colored stripes against a red background, and the surface of the machine in "Pinball Machine," viewed by itself, might be anything at all.

First, though, England have to earn their stripes against West Indies at Lord's today and that, against a bunch as raw as Siberia in January, will be no easy task.

When Cedar Island shows up in the distance, its dunes are a white stripe against the sky and water, and the wind tastes of salt.

Rozanova ended up painting a couple of amazing abstractions, one of them a single quivering green stripe against bare white, Barnett Newman before the fact.

They looked like circus tents lying there, candy-colored stripes glowing against the green of the grass.

Zebra science: Researchers dressed horses in patterned "coats" — and now think they understand why zebra stripes protect against flies.

But for others on this racy stretch, the problem is not the aisles of pornography but rather the display of blue neon stripes set against a blacked-out window.