shading
noun
a slight variation or difference of color, character, etc.
shadings
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pluralof shading.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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By contrast, the frequently angry and bitter Saul at least has the kind of shadings that make him a worthy frenemy, and “David” could have mined more conflict from the relationship between the two.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
The sophisticated shadings of McDonald’s singing are of a piece with the character’s slightly affected manner of speech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
Ms. Witbooi’s experience seemed to illustrate both the broad-brush oppression and the finer shadings of daily life under apartheid.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
It gave occasionally warm shadings to the seeming sternness of the winter sky.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2022
During this period the shadings and nuances which were filling in Bigger’s picture came, not so much from Negro life, as from the lives of whites I met and grew to know.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
