How to Use azure in a Sentence

azure

noun

• The last few days have been cloudy and today the sky is the perfect shade of azure.
  — Cori Murray, Essence, 1 July 2019
• But don't let its quiet azure hues fool you: The eighth planet from the sun is a wild child.
  — National Geographic, 28 Mar. 2019
• The proper sounding is Bay-jing, not Bay-zhing, with the j sounding like the z in azure.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2022
• The mood was sleepy but buoyant as the ship made its way through the dark azure water, which plunges some 2,000 feet.
  — Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
• Turquoise hair, azure guitars and a dozen other shades of blue shimmered around the stage.
  — Dallas News, 25 May 2022
• The interior is awash in shades of azure and ivory that mirror the soothing blues and whites of the sea and sand.
  — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2022
• In this surprise-a-minute show, a brilliant azure screen with black crags re-imagines the moor.
  — Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, 25 June 2017
• Ehmcke finished the rooms in a soft green, azure, and sand palette that pays homage to the surrounding sea, sand, and sky.
  — Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
• The sub’s lights cast rich twilight colors, azure and indigo ebbing to black.
  — Susan Casey, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2019
• The hands holding the guitar and the drumsticks emerge from a swirling, cloudlike pattern of azure, which sets off the deeper midnight blue of the wall.
  — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
• The city looks startling flying in, a slew of tall buildings crowding around the harbor’s azure waters.
  — Bethany Jean Clement, The Seattle Times, 13 July 2017
• But the surrounding azure waters and dramatic rocky cliffs remain, so the area is still worth a trip.
  — Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Jan. 2018
• Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing’s boss, is a Bible-reading company lifer who looks the part, from the cut of his jaw to the azure of his eyes.
  — The Economist, 21 June 2019
• Beneath, are stunning limestone coral reefs — the rainforest of the sea — with shades of the sea ranging from aquamarine and turquoise to azure and Tiffany blue.
  — Margie Goldsmith, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• The skies became tinted with the same blend of azure and pebble gray that my grandfather described that August.
  — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
• Like a dotted line along a map's azure realms, a blueway is a trail that follows water from one point to another.
  — Southern Living, 12 July 2020
• Lamentably, the nearshore waters of this former French colony are chocolate rather than azure, muddied by outflow from the Amazon and other rivers.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 July 2018
• Alan painted him holding a pouch of gold, his donation, and wearing a chic azure tunic.
  — The Economist, 8 June 2020
• Under an endless azure sky in a place that calls itself America’s Finest City?
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2022
• One of the largest mosques built in the 15th century, the structure was restored to much of its former glory in the latter half of the 20th, its grand azure dome and four minarets suspended against the backdrop of the iwan.
  — Michael Snyder, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2022
• This water forms a stream passing through the middle of the valley, emptying out into the sea in a spectacular play of teal and azure.
  — Lisa Morrow, CNN, 25 Mar. 2022
• The buildings, the uniforms, even the edges of the plunge pools are completely, totally whitewashed, in stark contrast to the dazzling azure sea below — and the dusty pink sunsets over the horizon.
  — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
• Workmen in traditional French azure overalls and jackets labored on the sides of roads.
  — Elizabeth Field, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2017
• After Fall 2017’s all-blue offering, Chiuri has traded azure for shades of gray on the couture catwalk.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 3 July 2017
• Tulum's idyllic white-sand beaches and azure seaside offered a glimmer of hope.
  — Angelika Pokovba, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2021
• With shades ranging from azure to cyan depending on which way the light hits it, the Xerces blue (Glaucopsyche xerces) is a beautiful butterfly.
  — Joshua Learn, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2021
• Azure contributed three assists, and Greenhalgh came up with six steals.
  — Dave Mendonca, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2017
• For those looking to mingle with others from a safe distance, there’s also a 50-foot azure pool surrounded by mature olive trees to lounge around.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
• Many of the prints feature azure blues, vibrant reds and detailed lines depicting ships, theater and everyday leisure.
  — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2021
• That is also its greatest transportation woe, given that water taxis are the only method of transport between the stretches of azure shores.
  — Romy Oltuski, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 July 2017

Last Updated: 21 Sep 2024