How to Use swatch in a Sentence

swatch

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  • She looked at fabric swatches to select material for the drapes.
  • Ward fixed the drain, knocking down a 30-foot wide swatch of the woods in the process.
    — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2020
  • As of Monday morning, there's a $666 bid for the swatch.
    — Erik Larsen, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Let these pastel rooms inspire you to look at the lighter side of the paint swatch.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Have patience, and don’t leave paint swatches all over the walls.
    — Catherine O’Neill, Bon Appetit, 2 Jan. 2018
  • The swatch wasn’t wide enough for a house to face the street, as had the previous house, so the Drews built it sideways.
    — Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 9 Feb. 2022
  • And last but not least, here’s a swatch of Chinese Porcelain.
    — Patrick May, The Mercury News, 27 June 2019
  • And so the totems were born of the group’s desire to step away from the paper-swatch paint store paradigm.
    — Asad Syrkett, Curbed, 30 Nov. 2018
  • In the campaign images, swatches of both are shown on the back of Tuan's hand.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Cue the fabric swatch that Grace color-tests against a bag of Cheetos.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Fischer likens the effect to a patch of fake grass, or a swatch of teddy bear plush.
    — Natalia Rachlin, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Hairstylist Joseph Chase puts a bit of bend into a swatch for a half-up half-down style.
    — Parizaad Khan Sethi, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Read on for step-by-step instructions in how to craft the paint swatch, as well as wardrobe suggestions for the painter.
    — Sarah Zlotnick, Country Living, 20 July 2023
  • China's claim to a wide swatch of the South China Sea has put the country at odds with its neighbors in the region.
    — Paul Best, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The days of roaming CVS' makeup aisles with your phone in hand to look up reviews and swatches are over.
    — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 11 June 2018
  • A lot of testing and making of swatches and then a lot of just sitting around and thinking about it.
    — Julia Felsenthal, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The color swatches show that background tabs should be the same color as the window frame, which would hide the tab shape.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The face is composed of scraps, mix-and-match fragments of anatomy, swatches and swipes of color.
    — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 6 June 2018
  • After all, choosing one color from all of the swatches is by no means easy.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 8 Apr. 2023
  • That lack of nuance resulted in lipsticks that looked good in the tube but wrong in swatches.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 29 July 2019
  • The only exclusions on this sale are swatches and gift cards.
    — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Fabric swatches mailed to her home and multiple Zoom calls helped bring it all to life.
    — Kelly Boutsalis, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The brand hasn't released the palette's pricing or launch date yet, but scroll on for up-close photos and swatches.
    — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2018
  • More than 80 years later, that swatch is up for auction this week through the online firm RR Auction at www.rrauction.com.
    — Erik Larsen, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2017
  • The eclipse will plunge a 124-mile wide swatch of land from Mexico to Canada into darkness.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 3 May 2023
  • If the police are frustrated, there is a huge swatch of the population that is, too.
    — Arkansas Online, 7 Mar. 2021
  • And there are six surviving swatches of that dress stained with Lincoln’s blood.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The unusual sight of the river, a brown scab through the green swatch of cottonwood and willow trees, has shocked those who live along the river.
    — Meryl Kornfield, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2022
  • The user sent Steven two images of card No. 44 — with different jersey swatches.
    — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Designers love these swatches and the multiplicity of weaves to choose from.
    — Rachel Dickinson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024

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