Example Sentences

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It’s quite possible that general exhaustion with the pandemic and its attendant disruptions is coloring how people feel about broader economic conditions.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022

If you haven’t done that recently, you’re behind the times: One of the year’s fast-growing hobbies for adults is coloring.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2015

While the magnitude of the fall is coloring investors' perceptions about India, analysts say it is more a reflection of years of policy neglect by the government that has left the economy with structural flaws.

From Reuters • Sep. 5, 2013

College football, fine, great, do that,” Feinstein said on the Junkies, suggesting that Jenkins’s relationship with Mike Shanahan is coloring her opinion.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2012

“He’s a dud. His idea of a revolution is coloring outside the lines. Ugh! What a bore.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos