Example Sentences

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Some shrimp varieties don’t turn pink or orange when cooked, and some curl into tight spirals while others barely form a crescent when heated, so the best indicator is the shift from translucence to opacity.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2024

The strings’ opening melody in the Rachmaninoff had Romantic grandeur and beguiling translucence, blanketing but not muffling the piano’s arpeggios with gauzy tone.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2024

The work morphs with the day’s light, moving between opacity and translucence, at times monochromatic and other times featuring bleeding color blocks, like a Rothko painting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2022

But they also made a lot of music that was slick to the point of translucence, lifestyle product that demanded little more of its listener than their wallet.

From Slate • Dec. 7, 2020

Some parts of the ink still held their original black; others had faded to gray translucence.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray