Example Sentences

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Twelve-year-old Calyssa was coloring quietly while the eight hustled like “Top Chef” contestants.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2018

Watching the #MeToo movement gain traction, as women’s voices were finally heard and powerful men finally, finally experienced consequences, felt like a restoration, as if someone was coloring me in again.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2018

“Back when I was coloring films for Ted Turner, people had a right to say it looked bad,” Rutledge said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2016

A woman who was coloring heard my theory and rolled her eyes.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2016

That place in their minds that had worked their mahalath transformations was coloring Dreamer’s Weep with their snatched and grabbed happiness.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor