How to Use coloring in a Sentence

coloring

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  • Her favorite activities include playing with stuffed animals and coloring.
  • Our product contains no artificial coloring or flavoring.
  • Males will have red coloring along the throat and a spot on the crown while females are green and gray.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Feel free to lessen or leave out the green coloring in the frosting, if preferred.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 May 2024
  • A little green food coloring is added to the frosting to give the cake a lime-colored hue.
    — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 May 2024
  • This coloring should not be confused with copper hair, which leans more towards red with more orange tones.
    — Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 3 May 2024
  • Photos show the golden brown coloring of the Thalang bent-toed gecko.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Even more recently, researchers say that the coloring and shape of the killer whale’s saddle patch differ among subspecies of killer whales.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The wild, all-white moose spotted trotting through Canada is not the first creature to be noticed for its unexpected coloring.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
  • The sizing and coloring of a bear are not reliable ways to determine the difference between the two, wildlife officials said.
    — Helena Wegner, Idaho Statesman, 20 June 2024
  • Love, Tito’s Coloring Wall, featuring a large wall for coloring as the music plays.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Never use honey, artificial sweeteners, or red food coloring, which can harm hummingbirds.
    — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2024
  • Santoni’s spring collection marked a sleek return to classics, letting the company’s prowess in leather coloring and construction do the talking.
    — Andrea Onate, WWD, 18 June 2024
  • Rather than taking a test, teachers observe them playing in the classroom — doing puzzles, coloring, building blocks, caring for a teddy bear — and asks their families to offer their own feedback.
    — Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
  • Thursday’s testimony became convoluted at times, as the lawyers went through photos of live and dummy rounds and asked jurors to pay attention to minute differences in size, shape and coloring.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 July 2024
  • Today, Kazuhiro continues to research new ways to make the most of persimmons, like turning the skin into natural food coloring and the juice into sweetener.
    — Megan Zhang, Saveur, 9 May 2024
  • The Rainbow Bagel Kit comes with the mix, food coloring and yeast and yields a dozen bagels.
    — Beth Dreher, goodhousekeeping.com, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Don’t be afraid to think outside the coloring book, as switch to colors out of the norm.
    — David A. Rose, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Test for a toilet leak by putting a few drops of food coloring in the tank.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 28 July 2023
  • Draw targets on a plain t-shirt and dip the Q-Tips in food coloring.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 8 Apr. 2023
  • If the glass dome has any coloring, this can severely cut down on the amount of light in the room.
    — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Squeeze a few drops of food coloring (if desired) and a few drops of Dawn dish soap into the lemon.
    — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Beets or foods made with red food coloring can cause red spots in stool.
    — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 17 June 2024
  • There's not a drop of food coloring in this pretty pink dessert.
    — Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 30 May 2024
  • Replace flour with a foul, musty, or sour odor or if the texture and coloring have changed.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 20 July 2023
  • Blood Plunge: Kind of like a cold plunge, only with way more red food coloring.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The new species was identified by its coloring and the size, pattern and texture of its scales, the study said.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
  • However, avoid the use of red food coloring in the syrup mixture.
    — Katie Nichols Communications Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Elvers mature into adults two to three feet in length, with the girth and the coloring of a slimy bicycle tire.
    — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • Try dropping in some food coloring and have the kids mix up a rainbow of colors.
    — Christin Perry, Parents, 17 Mar. 2024

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