Example Sentences

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In my brain, pain was shading into pleasure, and, curiously, many of the same regions were involved, activated in a slightly different pattern.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2018

The Shackelfords were looking for someone to tackle the labor-intensive job of killing invasive buckthorn, which was shading out oak seedlings in a 130-acre woods.

From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2014

None of this means that Jackie is lying or that she was shading her story in a way most favorable to her, although that might be the case.

From MSNBC • Dec. 8, 2014

My dad was a block warden and he’d go around with his little hat, and everybody was shading their windows with black.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2014

Papa’s hand was shading his eyes but I could see that a smile was coming across his face.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson