How To Use Faded In A Sentence
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The sky began to clear and there were puffy white clouds forming as the evening faded away.
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The grass looked like an old worn carpet, faded and ragged; the horizon was pressing against the cliff.
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Faulkner wore jeans faded at the knees, a broad hat, and photochromic sunglasses.
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Summer had faded into fall, but even as September wore on Paris still baked under a strange late heat wave that showed no sign of letting up.
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Gwyn continued trudging across the sands as the last rays of light slowly faded to purple streaks across the sky.
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Then I had to bring a branch of candles near it before I could make out the crabbed and faded handwriting.
THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
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In time folk memory faded and with the passing of those who had lived through the events of 1903 the Gordon Bennett Race became an almost forgotten note in the annals of Irish motoring history.
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Max gave him a big fake smile, which quickly faded as he sunk into the couch.
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Part of the southbound exit was barricaded, but three faded orange barrels had been moved to make a driving space.
Darkness Becomes Her
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The stars gleaming and moon shining lit my way to the secluded hill as the noise of everyone behind me faded.
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With a little planning and preventive measures, you can avoid the common sun and surf damage of faded colour, fragile, brittle or dry hair and yucky split ends.
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His own farces and burlesques have faded into obscurity, but this contributor to the ‘gaiety of nations' lies buried in Westminster abbey.
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Her visage set against the wide expanse of the stars like the faded misty memory of a dream.
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Sometimes his collection of gnomes would be on display, and every anniversary was commemorated by faded buff photographs and artefacts.
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Rain had drizzled down, over west London for most of the match, but afterwards, the rain faded away, and left a fresh, clear edge to the air - so I suggested that we walk around for a while, before heading homewards.
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People often wonder what to do when tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, Easter lilies, and other spring-blooming bulb flowers have faded.
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Colors are a bit faded, the image is a bit soft, and there is a fair amount of grain from the source elements.
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She was leaning with her back against the hotel wall which was papered over with a faded mural, her thumbs tucked in her gunbelt, staring at nothing and everything, including, it turned out, me.
In my New York City, the cops wink at you and mean it.
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Ravenwing's patterns were brand new, the colors and edges crisp and unfaded - and it was obvious to Keisha's experienced eyes that the reason she'd been in the bath was because she had been washing out the excess dyes.
Elephant in the City
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And now the engineer pulled out the throttle-valve to make up for lost time, and the clatter of the train faded into a distant roar, and its lights began to twinkle into indistinctness.
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They were both dressed so that it was easy to mark them down as gypsy kin, their faded but bright clothes easy to spot amongst the normal gray drab of the peasants.
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Any guy can wear a pair of cargo pants and a faded tee shirt.
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A string of multicolored lights circled the pilothouse of the towboat, and an artificial, faded green wreath was tacked onto a large life ring on the side, near the name Sophie B.
The Best Way to Lose
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His dark limbs gleamed like oiled gold beneath the faded bermudas and T-shirt.
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Many tags get sun-faded, worn, removed, switched, and one of our favorite theories for their disappearance is that roaches like to eat them.
Prices almost never listed
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Laid out on the bed was a long sleeved, shapeless, faded black dress with patches at the bottom.
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But they look up and admire the architecture, the faded paint on the bricks promoting toys, candy and soda, the tin ceilings visible through the huge windows, and every last one of them is just tickled by it all.
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The sign was crooked and the word orphanage misspelled in faded red paint.
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She wears faded jeans or combat fatigues.
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My memory of the entrance passages had faded over the years, so we took a few wrong turnings.
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While poinsettia is the most popular, a Christmas cactus in full bloom is a great gift and easy to care for once the flowers have faded.
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Near the end of the song he faded out the music.
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Before him, Karl Yundt remained standing, one wing of his faded greenish havelock thrown back cavalierly over his shoulder.
The Secret Agent; a Simple Tale
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Stretched upon a low child's bed, of the sort called trundle-bed in those days, which could be wheeled under the high-legged bed of the parents, lay the bridegroom, in his wedding-dress and gaitered shoes, with his steeple-crowned hat upon the faded calico quilt beside him, and his face as red as burning fever could make it.
The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times
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The same poll had Kerry up by 2 after the second showdown — only to drop back to 8 points down again after the postdebate glow faded.
Getting Ready to Rumble
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She was barefoot and her patched yellow sunsuit was faded and worn.
The Red Trailer Mystery
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That faded resolution and pronounced vignetting isn't intentional.
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Shelley saw how, as the sun faded among the trees just as we would see it now: ‘pallid evening twines its beaming hair in duskier braids around the languid eyes of day: silence and twilight, unbeloved of men, creep hand in hand’.
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Giovanni has an athletic build, wears heavy boots and a blue and white shirt tucked into turned-up denim jeans; Onelia wears a faded apron round her calf-length skirt.
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Everywhere are evidences of faded ambitions and forlorn whistles in the dark…
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Everything took on a dreamlike sense of unreality, and faded into blackness.
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They were carpeted with a faded red and blue runner held in place with brass stair rods and rings.
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He found him in a dull room, fadedly furnished, much as I had found him in his barrack-room but a little while before, except that he was not writing but was sitting with a book before him, from which his eyes and thoughts were far astray.
Bleak House
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Today for most they are a faded memory; yet at the time, the battle was bloody and fought with great ferocity.
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The night-light was still on, but the sky outside had already faded to a pre-dawn grey.
NIGHT SISTERS
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She was a tall, big-boned woman whose straight blond hair was faded, and tinged with gray.
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As her pain faded, her expression showed hints of excitement.
Deep Kiss Of Winter
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For a moment, she thought she saw a blue-green glimmer of light along the wall, but it faded.
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He faded into insensibility, and passed from his blameless life on 12 February 1804, unaccompanied by his former intellectual powers.
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His magic boost faded and his strength was back to normal.
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A faded movie star is horrified when she discovers her trusted secretary is about to marry a gossip columnist.
The Sun
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The sound of heart monitors beeping out of sync with each other faded as I opened the door and walked out.
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Its paint work and decoration, although still faded and peeling, was slightly less faded and peeling than that of the rest of the rooms.
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Adam's smile faded and he sank back into the bed, looking small and tired, sensing their thoughts.
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A faint smile crossed the Monsignor's face and faded quickly.
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They make us hyper and overexcited and, once faded, leave us grumpy or exhausted or or tearful or craving more.
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Seeing a man cry like that, I could not control myself and my partner faded away behind the fall of my own tears.
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I stood inthralled until, even as he was talking, the clock struck three, when he rose up, and moving slowly across the floor, barely visible, murmured regretfully that he must be off, with which he faded away down the back stairs.
Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others
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She smiled at the eagerness that faded to disappointment.
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For example, the hall carpet is frayed in places and the lounge carpet is a bit faded.
The Sun
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His great weight almost jerked her off the bridge, but she pulled him up from the hungry flames as her own strength faded.
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Instead we saw colonial buildings in pastel colours faded by dust and neglect.
Times, Sunday Times
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Her vision faded: Gabriel could create such a collection, she could not.
COFFIN IN FASHION
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As night came,the house faded into darkness.
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The shackles of my physical body had faded away and instead I was free and floating above it, surrounded by a bright white light.
The Sun
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Her sweater was faded, with pulls in the yarn, her slacks were baggy at the knees, and her loafers were runover.
DOLL'S EYES
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She waited until she heard his car faded away before standing and getting her bags.
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Main picture: Faded furniture, old-fashioned fabrics and flowers combine to create a country cottage feel.
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As the bus left, she faded into a blurring hazy picture waving from behind the cloud of dust.
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They faded away in distress, in vain and into the forgotten pages of local history.
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He could hear the horse galloping off before even the bang of the door slam faded out.
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Last year this particular meet was not held, and had it not raced last weekend, the old favourite in the Tennant Creek sporting calendar could well have faded into oblivion.
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Justin frowned, but then the expression faded quickly as he began his story.
The Children of the Lost
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It was an unusual insect, with coloured wings that faded from red to yellow.
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Finally, plainly aware that the dam might well keep his name alive for posterity long after all other memories of his ill-starred presidency had faded, he closed with what was certainly a heartfelt request: “I hope to be present at its final completion as a bystander.”
Colossus
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All weariness faded from the faces of the wayworn travellers, even the very camels and asses, shrunk, as most of them were, to mere skeletons, seemed to understand that labour and blows were done with, and forgetting their loads, shambled unurged down the stony path.
Elissa
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As afternoon faded into evening, the flow of pints became a gentle flood, noses reddened and smiles stretched closer to each ear.
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He hit the front two furlongs from home but there was no conviction in the move and he faded into third.
Times, Sunday Times
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He wears "High-top boots expensively clicker'd with gold taps, a pair of hip-hugging jodhpur-style pants in a faded mauve tone, an amount of gold chains, a heavy mink coat to keep out the worst of the hardwind's assaults and a goatskin beanie hat set pavee-style at the crown of his head.
City of Bohane by Kevin Barry – review
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Her strength had not faded in the least, not even after the injuries she had received.
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The costs skyrocketed because the players gained so much leverage and then when the marquee players faded, no one was able to fill the void.
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The bustle and din gradually faded to silence as night advanced.
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He dressed quickly in faded denim jeans and a black T-shirt and sat opposite her at the little mahogany table.
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These men who had awakened, laughed dissolvent laughs, and the old muddle of schools and colleges, books and traditions, the old fumbling, half-figurative, half-formal teaching of the Churches, the complex of weakening and confusing suggestions and hints, amidst which the pride and honor of adolescence doubted and stumbled and fell, became nothing but a curious and pleasantly faded memory.
In the Days of the Comet
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The grandeur of the architecture has faded only slightly from the neglect of the communist years.
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The man was dressed plainly; a pair of soft trousers tucked into well-worn boots and a faded tunic belted at the waist with an aged leather thong.
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The lights faded up dimly, casting an amber glow on his nearly nude body.
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Soon the neat stores were replaced by faded brownstones and tumbledown colonial houses.
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As sleep faded from her face, she shot him a daggered glance.
A Hellion in Her Bed
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After that he disappeared again, displaced by a parade of Mafia bagmen and enforcers, clearly thrilled by the opportunity to refresh their faded notoriety.
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In regard to maintenance, if your sidelights are more than a few years old, check them at night to see if the lens has perhaps faded from the sun's rays.
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The sound of the last bomber's engines faded into the distance.
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Unfortunately, the good mayor's policy of using municipal scratch to buy staff birthday goodies and Christmas presents has also faded into the tundra.
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The canal was an endless wall of sun-faded and sea-beaten red, green, and blue boats.
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And there's candy for sale, as evidenced by the faded Snickers and Almond Joy bars taped to the bullet-proof glass.
These Prices Are Insane, Really
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From the walls of the room jagged flashes of blue-white lightning clawed out at the creature, outlining it in a momentary nimbus of sparks and power which faded in the blink of an eye.
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His grating voice, frameless spectacles, faded suits and short, stringy hair all broke with the conformist protest style.
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As I rode away, I noticed that the front disc brake still faded erratically.
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The saloon/cowgirl look is reflected in suedette boleros, fringing and faded denim.
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He said many producers were neck-deep in debts and had faded into oblivion after producing a couple of films.
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Hope faded after wrecked remains of the ship were washed onto the shore.
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The last of his scratch marks have faded now but his memories never will.
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The smile that had been on Leah's face faded, and her face went tomato red.
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Sunlight faded the tapestry.
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If the cards miss out (lose), the players who faded the center bet each receive back their money together with the equivalent amount of the center bet.
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the music faded away
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The world around her resolved itself into sharp focus, and the rainbows faded away from her eyes.
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The English writers thought they found sacrifice in sword dancing and mumming, which sometimes included mock killings; surely this reflected ancient sacrifices, faded to rude play acting?
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She looked a strong candidate, but then faded out of the picture.
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She recognized the deep windows, the faded tapestries of Abraham cutting Isaac's throat with a butcher's knife, and Jonah being shot into the very gateway of a castle where his family awaited him, from the mouth of a gigantic carp with goggle eyes, for the simple artist had found his whale's model in a stewpond.
The Lady of Blossholme
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The laughter behind me faded, then ceased altogether, and I collapsed to the ground, my breath slowly returning to its natural rhythm.
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The last streaks of light faded from the sky.
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I have a host of similarly faded and dusty memories of my boyhood that pop up unbidden when I'm in a situation that stimulates my memory.
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Slowly the thought of the word faded, and sleep began to enfold her.
The House of Mirth
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It was time for faded jeans, psychedelic T-shirts, churidars, synthetic sarees, and of course, the formal coat and tie.
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Does that, once the smiles of victory and defeat have faded, betoken a fresh generation of Labour comradeship?
Whatever It Takes: The Real Story of Gordon Brown and New Labour by Steve Richards – review
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a strangely grotesque object, that, in the semi-darkness, somewhat resembled a human figure, but proved to be the tarnished uniform worn by the old officer -- coatee, helmet, sword and belts gorgeous with ornamentation, a pair of pistols with silver butts, and a small flag of faded silk and gilt stuff were grouped over a gold embroidered saddle and tarnished shabrack of Indian work.
The Dark House A Knot Unravelled
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The feeling of suspicion faded as soon as she breathed the cool air of the night, the cigar smoke fading into a memory as she moved forward, raising her hood over her curls.
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Below the snowline, the landscape was a faded green, patched here and there with livelier colour.
SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
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Damien approached the young woman in her faded denim jean bell-bottoms and her Latin flare, colour-splashed top.
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The most telling and haunting part of the wreck is the Royal Australian Air Force roundel that has faded with time and was torn in half during a salvage attempt.
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It looks like something out of a child's toy box: the old carriages are made of wood, painted a faded kingfisher blue, and they sit only ten people each.
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His hand outstretched over her, and her nightgown faded into skimpy sleepwear.
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I was wearing a $700 jean skirt and complete faded jacket with a pink ruffled shirt.
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Is there some faded parchment in an archive somewhere which says that courtiers in the 16th Century only discussed important matters while pacing swiftly?
The Sun
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When my body changed, my dapples faded into the silk white coat of adulthood.
Zombies vs. Unicorns
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He could have faded away.
Times, Sunday Times
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Even with its faded gray tarnish, it was hard to tell what it was.
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The white winter flowering heather and pink cyclamen had faded but were soon replaced by violas, primulas and grape hyacinth.
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It is set in the offices of the Olympic Deliverance Commission deliverance, geddit? around two years away from the start of the Games, with Mama Cass's rockets and bells having long since faded.
Ken Bates and the art of slow seduction cannot help but leave me cold| Martin Kelner
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And she glanced down along her unbuttoned jacket, over the faded delaine dress, to her shoes tied with strings held together by countless knots.
The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras
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He was more interested in carefully re-tracing the faded pencil scribbles on his side of the desk.
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The superficial glamour of its picturesque figures has faded.
The Times Literary Supplement
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But if you get a spot on a fresh garment, try washing or cleaning off just the spot with plain water or a commercial spot remover or a cleaning fluid (unless the garment is a silk or other fabric that may water-spot or unless the spot cleaning may leave a ring or faded spot -- test your procedure first in an inconspicuous area).
Boing Boing: September 25, 2005 - October 1, 2005 Archives
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While the front of the stage was visible, upstage was hidden behind patched curtains of a faded blue with gold trim.
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Her features were still fine but faded and she'd lost that severity that had been so tiresome.
THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
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Whitesnake are pumping out of the speakers, and two men dressed in faded jeans and chunky leather belts stand either side of a table eyeing each other up.
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The Countess for a second time beheld from the ramparts the departure of her people upon the same hazardous enterprize; the present scene revived in her mind a sad membrance of the past: the same tender fears, and the same prayers for success she now gave to their departure; and when they faded in distance from her sight, she returned into the castle dissolved in tears.
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne: A Highland Story
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Even if they bring back memories of geography teachers schlepping around in the same faded pair for years, you can't budge for cords this winter.
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The resolution of this decision faded slightly when I saw her, and even more so when I finally stepped into the laundrette and bathed in her smile.
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Make like this chap and add a 1950s twist by pairing with faded jeans and a trusty pair of pumps.
Times, Sunday Times
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This past decade, as cell phones became smaller than a breadbox, roaming charges started disappearing, and U.S. penetration neared 89%, the long distance charges faded away all together.
RIP: 5 Things That Became Obsolete This Decade | myFiveBest
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As the day grew longer and faded into night, the party continued on their perilous journey, marching through the mist filled forests.
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They slowly faded into the lenses, leaving only crystalline images, better than twenty-twenty vision.
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Benny's jazzy piano faded away and I was left to finish the song.
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There are no faded flags or hand-painted signs of national unity, no simple tokens of remembrance.
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While hopes have faded that the incoming chancellor will have a free hand in driving through economic reforms, O'Neill says that the valuation story remains intact.
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He is wearing faded jeans and scuffed shoes, an unironed shirt and a brown corduroy jacket.
LOVE YOU MADLY
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Colors are generally faded and washed out, giving much of the movie a sort of beige sameness.
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The old brass and faded paper in this exhibition are the physical leftovers of a grand, almost lunatic pursuit of perfection.
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Julia, wearing a black leather jacket and faded jeans, hid her face as she scurried through Heathrow.
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The regulars triangulate their positions using landmarks invisible to the casual anglers: a certain forked tree, a faded white sign that once warned of dangerous currents, a particular stone on the Virginia side known as the Lowell Rock.
Fletcher's Boathouse
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She pulled on a pair of faded blue jeans.
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Light grey second-hand sweatpants, dirty Converse sneakers, a faded U2 T-shirt beneath a black V-neck with a hole in one elbow.
CHAMELEON
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After World War II, the original incentives to remain a tight community faded away.
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The glamour has faded away, because of the weak main building and the rampant plants growing inside and outside.
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She showed them a tapestried chamber, the large figures upon the faded canvas looking threatening in the dusky light.
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Those machines have faded in power, but the Irish have remained a major presence, with about 37 million Americans claiming some degree of Irish descent and tens of millions more claiming some form of social kinship, even if it is just an agenbite of inwit.
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Catherine hummed and sang a hymn that faded quickly from a cheery ode to a mournful dirge.
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Then she had descended through the familiar outer layers of Dreamspace, and faded in on the bus.
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He was clad in faded overalls and black cotton shirt, with hobnailed brogans on his feet, and on his head a hat whose shapelessness and stains advertised the rough usage of wind and rain and sun and camp-smoke.
All Gold Canon
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A Fight for Flower Power Andy McMillan for The Wall Street Journal Dahlinova Dahlias at Metrolina Greenhouses in Huntersville, N.C. More photos and interactive graphics This year, Home Depot is touting an exclusive "Stellar Blue" ageratum, or floss flower, that hides faded blooms as it grows, requiring less clipping.
The Garden Gloves Come Off
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A salmon-colored sweatshirt for men treated to look faded and nubby jackets were meant to evoke Los Angeles' laid-back, lived-in vibe.
Resort Wear from Calvin Klein, Jason Wu and Marc by Marc Jacobs
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There is quite a fashion phenomenon going on for the ladies: faded, low cut jeans decorated with leather lacing, brown colored blouse with the same kind of lacing, open midriff and long flowing sleeves that look like wings.
TJ parking, Otay crossing, local fashion
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They have faded quite a bit, and that makes perfect sense since they were created as transitory objects.
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The countryside gradually lost its brightness as the green grass faded into yellows and the flowers dried up and died, not able to bear the chilly temperatures.
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Over the years her beauty had faded a little.
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Tensions in the region, which once hosted an armed separatist movement that mostly faded in the 1980s, have been rising for months.
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She was wearing ripped faded jeans and a white hooded sweater with oversized bell sleeves.
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Over time, its lustre has faded.
Times, Sunday Times
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This reproduction is especially impressive because it is a more contemporary version of the painting and so the artist was able to recapture the vivid colouring of the now faded original.
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The music faded as the door swung to a close behind me.
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When their typically apocalyptic vision of a new world faded, they retreated for the most part into traditional humility.
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Her vision faded: Gabriel could create such a collection, she could not.
COFFIN IN FASHION
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Flames licked out of the exhaust as the plane lifted off the runway and began the ascent, and as the noise faded into the distance it seemed to get even more intense.
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The smoked eel had faded away and the apple sauce was feeble.
Times, Sunday Times
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When you've learned whom to show the expensive hand - painted things to, and when to suggest quietly the little, vague things, with what you call the faded look, why, you've learned just about all there is to know of human nature.
Fanny Herself
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The possibility that the British might have to dispatch an army to Europe gradually faded from sight.
The British way in Warfare - 1688-2000
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A beanie, stripy top and faded jeans.
Times, Sunday Times
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The faded blue jeans she wore that morning, her old tennis shoes, her white cotton sweater.
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He was in contention for the Open title, but faded in that strange final round with everyone else, except Whatshisname.
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The gaslights flickered softly, and as the time passed the surroundings no longer seemed faded and threadbare but rich and sumptuous.
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The initial adrenaline rush of this protest has faded, to be replaced by a growing sense of unease.
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The horrible verse restarted, the tone at once gleeful and derisive, then gradually faded out as Bartlemy murmured a dismissal.
THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE
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The faded red brick church sat at the falling-off place between the flat prairie in front and a deep gorge in back, with a cemetery that spilled down the hill behind the parsonage.
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Fibreglass was commonly used in public sculptures some years ago but it was found to break easily and colours faded quickly on it.
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The coastline faded into darkness.
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He has a fine old office at the end of a faded, panelled corridor, five floors up by a rickety lift.
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It was a tight black tankini that would sculpt to my body like a second skin with tiny, faded rosettes patterning the surface.
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I mean, totally apart from the fact that it was like the whole Attic Project was lying there on her bed, all ready for Step 3, it was just an amazing thing to see: an enormous scrapbook covered in purple silk, with thick cardboardy pages full of faded photos and typed letters and fountain-pen-written notes.
THIS IS ME FROM NOW ON
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The search resumed at dawn yesterday as hopes faded of finding survivors.
The Sun
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It was still painful to think of the Pied Piper's disappearance, but the shock had faded to a faint ache.
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Once on deck he stopped to admire Ellen who was dressed in a brief pair of shorts and a faded tank top.
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Unfortunately, the imported Italian color has faded to an indeterminate yellow.
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Loose tiles clinked underfoot and I glimpsed spoiled frescoes which had faded, mildewed or simply disappeared under whitewash.
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These included fuchsine a garish purple that faded to a dull grey over a period of decades.
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They tolerate my speeches, they tolerate my poems, my streaks, my rants, my shirts, colors, white teeth, my obsession to keep my teeth white, keep my breath fresh, to keep my muscles toned, my faded jeans and my pomaded hair.
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My brain froze, the shrill of cicada faded, and my senses vanished.
Osamu Shimomura - Autobiography
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On the wall hung a framed letter in faded brown ink, written in a crabbed and spidery fist.
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As he approached, the vision faded and there was no one there.
