How to Use blue streak in a Sentence

blue streak

noun

• Alta Moda show; a blue streak to Coach’s fall offering; and pink-, aqua-, and lime-spiked tips to Thom Browne’s spring fairy tale.
  — Celia Ellenberg, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2022
• Here the ballerinas’ skirts are conjured with orange and blue streaks, in a drawing that almost appears to have been left out in the rain.
  — M.j. Andersen, WSJ, 14 July 2018
• Liza Minnelli paired her cobalt ensemble with a badass blue streak.
  — Marie Claire, 2 Mar. 2014
• The family had a strict rule against swearing, except in the car, where the son and his friends were allowed to curse a blue streak with total immunity.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 9 June 2022
• Stoicism in the face of pain may seem noble, but swearing a blue streak is apparently more helpful.
  — The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
• Elsewhere, Danish artist Jeppe Hein invited guests to paint a blue streak onto paper based off of their breath.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2019
• Willow seemed attentive about applying pink lip gloss first, as well as a long blue streak across her forehead.
  — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• While ions detach from the comet core to create the blue streak, sunlight reflects off dust particles, which repel away into the second, fainter tail.
  — Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2021
• Three thousand feet below, the powder-blue streak of the travertine-rich Little Colorado River flows into the larger green Colorado.
  — Zak Podmore, Outside Online, 24 May 2018
• But whatever the case may be product-wise, the blue streak suits her beautifully, especially with her choice of placement.
  — Chelsea Avila, Allure, 25 Oct. 2022
• Sometimes actually seems to be quite often, as the path to the White House has become a blue streak of vulgarity, cuss words and four-letter effusions.
  — Author: Mark Z. Barabak, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2019
• No Republican presidential candidate has won here since Richard Nixon in 1972, making Minnesota the state with the longest blue streak in the nation.
  — Ryan Faircloth, Twin Cities, 10 Oct. 2019
• More than a number consists of a collection of disparately proportioned boxy white blocks painted with forking blue streaks suggestive of tree branches.
  — Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 19 June 2019
• Late night or early morning hours are suggested for maximizing visibility and the comet should be recognizable in the sky due to the distinct greenish-blue streak that trails behind it.
  — Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
• Taylor, 68, can talk passionate blue streaks on nuclear physics, his love of piloting airplanes, building and tinkering — and, of course, how to hold an audience’s attention.
  — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024